So today I had an epiphany. One of the coolest thing's I heard today was from an intern at theGrio, "Each movement has to take it's own term." I feel like I probably heard that before, but I guess it's the context in which he said it that gave me a whole new take on it. We were pitching stories and talking about pride weekend and the phrase "Civil Rights" came up. Personally, I don't like when that phrase is used when referring to the homosexual community.
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Not that I'm homophobic or anything like that, but I just feel like it was a different movement/journey/experience my ancestors went through. You can't possibly compare what they went through to the events that transpires today and to even conceptualize that idea is insulting to me. I mean, sure, there are some similarities as there are with many movements that took place back in the day. At the same time, I don't feel like people should be able to take experiences that have already transpired and try to evoke the same kind of emotion out of people. I don't know, that statement just really struck a chord with me today.
But that's neither here nor there. Today, I also realized...again...that I have to try something different to get different results. I just feel like EVERYDAY that I've been in New York, God has been giving me different chances to react to similar situations I've encountered before, differently. I see him doing it and it is amazing to me. It's soooooooooo hard to change and not react in a way that's comfortable to me, but at the same time, I know that I have to step outside of my comfort zone and do what I have to do to get to where I am suppose to be. Simple.
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