Motivation.....

Well, I was going to take a break from blogging today but then I got some motivation..

I'm a naturally curious person.. I always have been even if it doesn't seem like it.. If  I hear about something on the news I'm curious to know the why's and how's not so much the who, what, when, and where. I feel that if you think of things in a who, what, when, where fashion then your mind tends to form bias' in that matter. 

Take 9/11, now I'm using this as an example because it's the first thing that I thought of and it just passed so don't get your chonies in a bunch just yet.. When 9/11 happened people were so fixated on the who and what there was such a negative attention brought against the culture as a whole. I'm not saying everyone thinks or feels this way but I've seen my fair share of negativity towards the Middle East since 9/11. It's like everyone was so mad over what Bin Laden did, since they couldn't get to him, they took it out on everyone associated with that culture. Did we have a right to be mad?? DUH.. At the same time though the emotion needed to be placed in the correct direction. For the longest time and even now this is the conversation I have with some people regarding my cultural heratige: "Are you JUST Mexican because you look different? Well, no, I'm not JUST Mexican, I'm also Lebanese. What's Lebanese? Middle Eastern.. You mean like where Bin Laden's from? That would be the Middle East.. Oh, eww, ok.." Oh eww ok?? Really?? Are you that ignorant to place everyone that may have ties to that culture in the same melting pot? That's the type of answer that makes me want to punch someone in the face..

Ok, back to me being curious... So where I work, my Dr. is Muslim and one of the girls that volunteers here is also Muslim and I LOOOOVE learning about different cultures and religions because I like to see the different points of views people have. She sent me this message to motivate me to keep blogging and I think it's amazing... Read on.......

"...I would like to thank all of you for taking the time to follow along with my posts this past month. God-willing they were of some benefit to each of you; writing them were definitely of benefit to me, alhamdulillah and I'll definitely keep doing it for myself. I would recommend to all of you to keep a journal as well. It can be a very beneficial experience for a variety of reasons. You just have to be honest and open with your words. Don't write what you think you are supposed to write, but write what actually exists within you. It doesn't have to be seen by any eyes other than your own. It will also give you a means to look back at how far you have come, how you may have taken steps back, or perhaps haven't changed at all. It's helpful to see the way you speak to yourself, how you perceive the world and what kind of things are on your mind. A year from now, I can look back at these posts and see if the year in between brought any change to my life, or if I just stayed the same."

Amazing I know, and because of that message, that's exactly what I'm going to do and what my blogs are going to reflect. I'm going to take my curiosity and use it to open my mind and hopefully yours.. The world isn't just black and white.. There's a million in betweens and if you just take the time to see, those in betweens can be the most amazing, enlightening thing or person you've ever come across.