someone elses shoes.

imagine this: a world where everyone was accepted
im sure you might be wondering why i would ask such a thing. well, it has hit me within the last week that people struggle with acceptance.
we watched the documentary on Harvey Milk, I really want to see the movie, and as i am sure you know, Harvey Milk was a gay activist basically. he fought for the "little people" he took a stand for those of us who are too afraid to stand up for what we are, for who we are.
there was a discussion on it tonight, well more or less a "lets all get in here and bicker about what we believe in" thats basically what it was, it actually really confused me because i came to discuss Harvey Milk, and what he stood for, but instead it was as though it was just all about gay people and if they chose to be that way or were born that way. that, and, should they be treated different because they are different.
the discussion actually made me pretty mad, because i get so aggravated with narrowminded people, i am really big on putting myself in other's shoes, but im almost to the point of not wanting to put myself in narrowminded people's shoes. just because its as though they dont give anyone else the time of day, unless that person responds to life the same way they do.
i also call these people "society angels" they are your typical ideas that society has tried to incorporate into the minds of all people, only some of us realize that being a robot isn't all that exciting.
I am straight, i am very straight, and i love jesus, and i am a christian. and i know alot of people who would discriminate against me because i am a christian, because they are so used to the "typical" christian, which is someone who throws a bible in your face, and threatens everything you do with hell. i hate that. that is NOT what jesus wanted, if it was then he wouldn't have spent all his time with the people the pharisees called "unworthy" or dirty. jesus loves everyone, and we are to love everyone, it isn't our place to judge, that day will come soon enough. can we not all just be happy? how about instead of arguing we do something productive with our lives and start making a difference in other people's lives?

which brings me to my next tidbit of discussion, THE WALK, is another thing that is shaping my college experience, which is funny because sevier heights has been my church since before i was born, but i am just now starting to reach my full potential, and it is because of the walk, and the way God is changing me through it. a lady came today, look her up, Anne Jackson and her blog is flowerdust.net, she talked about how all the time people dont do enough to help the poverty. there are 30,000 children who die of starvation every year... i want to make a difference, i dont want to sit here and just feel sorry for these children...for these people... i want to get out in the world and be somebody, like greg mortenson, and all these people who are out there actually making a difference, this is what i want from my life, and i was so happy to know that there really are a lot more people out there who care about people other than themselves,
now just DO SOMETHING about it.
for goodness sakes...
if we all stopped arguing and bickering about our differences, and actually just united together and helped these kids, these families, then we could take a negative and make a positive... i dont see why it matters who is gay, who is straight, who is black, who is muslim, who is white. there are so many BIGGER issues out there. can we just for once, shut our mouths? and open our eyes?

i mean, come on,
put yourself in someone elses shoes for once.