Comments on: How far would you go?

By: kaycee

kaycee — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:52:56 +0000

ah mel…i am SO anxious to talk with you more about this! i had just watched “hotel rwanda” right before paul’s visit to seattle and had the highest of intentions to make it to his lecture.

very thought provoking, your debriefings and musings. let’s discuss more at our mama’s date. :)

By: Keba

Keba — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:00:39 +0000

Nice description Mel! I still need to figure out how we are supposed to use our words to do something about the genocide in Darfur….

By: sacrod

sacrod — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:45:03 +0000

wow! That’s so cool and so inspiring! He was at UC Davis a couple of months ago, but I didn’t go see him. But I agree… even though he says he’s no Superman, there’s nevertheless a lot of strength in his character. I personally think I would never be able to do it, and then know full well that I’d live the rest of my life in guilt.

Anyways, your account kind of reminds of when I saw Elie Wiesel speak several years ago (maybe in 1999?). At the time, I didn’t know who he was so well, but it was really amazing to hear a person speak who you know actually lived through the horrors of the Holocaust, and still turned out the way he did. Watching people like that make me feel so lowly in comparison, but I guess at the same time encourages me to try harder to make a difference (even though I still don’t try hard enough).