Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Response to Jane

I wanted to respond to Jane's posting as well. Family expectations can be very difficult to live up to especially when you have other ideas that may conflict with what your family may want you to live up to. It can be a balancing act yet sometimes it is not possible to balance both expectations and dreams. I had issues with this with my family during high school and it was not easy by any means. I am a strong person and I stood my ground realizing that I may never have the approval of my parents in anything that I do. I don't recommend this in all situations but I had to let go of my parents and their expectations for me in order to thrive and live. My parents weren't thrilled but now as quite a bit of time has passed they are accepting me for what it is that I want to do and not what they want me to do. I'll tell you though when this was first happening this was where I learned that I had a voice to speak and my own ground to stand upon. It sounds like this is a struggle for you but I have no doubt that you will find that balance that you need as this can be a hard road to go down. Compromise may be what will happen but I know that you can find your way in the path that you need to walk on. Posted by Adriana Worley on 5/11/04; 1:25:56 PM from the dept. Discuss

Response to Jenn

On the news this morning the report was that a 26 year old man was beheaded by islamic extremists. I can understand why this can be upsetting to people in this country as I am saddened by this action. Yet as soon as this news broke the reporters started to say that what happened to the Iraqi men wasn't to the level of this beheading. It was as you said in your response to my original blog about people justifying these wrongs by trying to prove they've been wronged themselves. We did an oppressive action to the other side and now the other side has done an oppressive action towards us. I listened to people trying to lessen the tragedy about the abusive behavior of the U.S. soldiers as though it was nothing and the beheading was the worst thing to happen. In all reality, my reality is that both situations are tragic and neither has less value than the other. This is merely my opinion but I just find it ironic that you posted about the attitude that people can have despite any kind of oppression that one may have gone through and now it is being acted out. Some people really are numb and this is scary to me since compassion seems to have taken a backseat to all that is going on in our world. Posted by Adriana Worley on 5/11/04; 1:05:52 PM from the dept. Discuss