| It's a truly awesome feeling to look at your life and realize that you have everything you've ever wanted.
And that things are only going to get better from here. :) |
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| Dear Xanga,
On March 24th, 2011, I got a new boyfriend.
That is all. |
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| Nothing can hold me down. |
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| I've been following the stories of the unrest in Egypt for the last few days.
There are pictures all over the internet, and the death toll is currently at 53. There are a whole bunch of videos, (a short but awesome one can be found here.
The people are running through the streets. The riot police are zealously trying to control them with fire-hosing, tear gas, bullets. There is a particular intense picture of a group of Islamic Egyptian protesters saying their prayers, hunched over in rows, being fire-hosed.
While it's violent, and terrifying, I think it's an incredibly inspiration moment. This is something that will be in my children's history books, and while I'm sure I would feel differently if I were an Egyptian, I feel honored that I can live in a time where people will band together, fight and sacrifice for the greater good and for their rights. I feel proud of us as a human race.
I hope they make it. I hope that they win their rights, and conquer poverty. It's never healthy (while it's happening) for a country to have the government overthrown; disorder and chaos are not rules by which people can live secure lives. I hope though, that it results in a better place and better life for them all.
I'm not sure why I feel so touched by what's happening. It's a whole world away from me.
But when I read this quote:
"While Muslim protesters prayed today, Christian Egyptians formed human chains to protect them. Solidarity, strength and co-existence."
I broke into tears.
Some people are good people, and they deserve to be happy and to live in a place where they can prosper, free of corruption and unrest.
I hope they make it. |
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