A Little Bit Homesick

3/25/10

“Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.” – William Yeats

“...’cause we were born to Love and not to hate and we can teach the world it’s not too late” –VTCC

“You can give up when something goes wrong, or you can let misfortune transform you into something better.” – Anonymous


Explaining this week is really hard and I understand that sucks for the majority of you out there who want to know all about everything that goes on in my life here. I mean, visiting MYO (Mondesa Youth Opportunities) was eye-opening, but visiting schools always is. I was inspired by the arts teacher and I wanted to bring him to NYC. I realized that, while the arts may not be taken so seriously in the states, they do have a place in society and there are plenty of job opportunities for a student who is studying The Arts (they’re just hard to get). Here, that’s not quite as true...and yet, this teacher understood how important arts education is. He continued to do what he knew and educate himself on what he Loved. I think that’s fantastic.

On other things...

I’m gonna go ahead and say that poetry will say it best, so let’s see how this goes...

SWAKOP
Sun, Sweat, Sweet
LOVE
Long, Living, Lingers
LAUGHTER
Liberating, Lonely, Light
SOMETHING
Strong, Similar, Stylish
BODY
Big, Beautiful, But...

No one
Nothing
Never
And
Knowing

You try as hard as you can
When you look in the mirror
To change it.
“If only...”
“Well maybe...”
and
“Next year...”
But...

And it affects your mind
infests you thoughts
a little here
a little there
and then it is a mind
set

A mind
Set
on destroying your happiness

A Mind
Set
With clouds and rain
And things that are unfamiliar.

You believe
You pray
You think
Positively
But...

But there’s this and there’s that there’s no looking it in the face.

SH! Don’t say it.
SH! Don’t believe it.
SH! It will go away
But...