School's over and with the onslaught of summer a lot of my thoughts have turned more to catching up with friends than with what's been going on in the world so I haven't had either the time or the desire to write much. My one comment is on the shooting that happened at the holocaust museum a few days ago. It's such a prime example of the bigotry that still exists in the states and it's just depressing. An 88 year old man has a lot of years of hate in him. Am I being too idealistic if I ask if hate is the only way? Because I just can't accept that for this man there was no other action to take than to open fire on the guards and to harbor all that resentment for all these years. If you ask me, it's just not worth it to hate that much. It takes all your energy away from significantly more important things in life.
Anyways, I really just wanted to leave one of my favorite poems as something that keeps me up when the world seems headed down.
Still Here
by Langston Hughes
I been scarred and battered
My hopes the wind done scattered
Snow has friz me
Sun has baked me
Looks like between 'em they done
Tried to make me
Stop laughin', stop lovin', stop livin' -
But I don't care
I still here
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that's a beautiful poem.
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