Commenting on us
Short post time.
Saw an interesting comment somewhere along the way of my usual reading and interacting with the world. As one of my earlier posts indicated, I’ve been reading up on a lot of the former Nobel Peace Prize winners and what they have accomplished. There have been some really fantastic people and causes around the world, Christ followers and not alike. There has been a lot of discussion, here and elsewhere, that my generation is the one that is super-concerned with social justice and seeking to improve the quality of life around the world. What is interesting, though, is that most of these “kids” are still in college, are still subsisting off of their parents income, are not yet being placed into a position to have to give up some of their own income or potential quality of life for the sake of others. Some are, most are perhaps not. I have no stats to back this up, but in general, most of the people in college who are yelling the loudest about social change, are those with the least ability to be able to do it, at least as far as resources go. My advisor, Dr. Gallagher has told me more than once that age will cure my irreconcilable “liberal” outlook on life. I laugh, but at the same time, I wonder, when its my turn to foot the bill for social change and justice, will I sacrifice of myself and what I have for others or will I continue to look to others to be those supporting the commune (which is why “commune”-ism fails).
So the big question is: Will I and my peers continue to seek change when it is our turn to be the change-makers? Only God and time will tell.
