Sunday, February 7, 2021

Compassion is caring

 Hello and welcome to anorther blog by your's truly RBL. This blog was based off a podcast about compassion. This was a topic that's really important to me. Here is my recording if you would like to listen and read. Thank you and enjoy!

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Artists are the gatekeepers of truth...we are civilization’s radical voice.” -Paul Robeson 

“I am a writer perhaps because I’m not a talker.”- Gwendolyn Brooks 

My name is RBL  and my belief is compassion. For most of my life I’ve been in a poetry group known as Rebirth where we write about social justice issues. 


For example in one poem, I wrote about Emmet Till. I wanted to show people the pain that Mamie, his Mother felt and what other black people felt when they heard about what happened to him. When thinking about compassion you want to help people to cope with their pain or try to understand other’s pain. Another reason why I believe in compassion is because it teaches people to actively care for each other. 


Since I was little, homlessness is something I’ve been concerned about. I didn't think there was anything I could change about it since I was so young. Last term I got a chance to try and bring change to the problem. I did this by making a facebook fundraiser with my Mom to help support an organization who is trying  to fix the predicament themselves. I was able to raise 450 dollars for the shelter in only a few short days. That made me think about how we could impact homelessness if more people contributed something towards making a change and showing compassion.


 I feel like wanting to help people and caring about other people was passed down to me from my Grandma. From my interview with her she told me that she was a teacher for 32 years in elementary school in the Cleveland Public Schools. She’s also compassionate because sometimes when we go to Cleveland we often go visit some of her friends who live in senior citizen centers. It is really nice to meet some of her friends because it seems like they enjoy my company and appreciate that someone is spending time with them.


In closing, I chose compassion as my belief because I felt like I’ve been in a poetry group that showed me why compassion is important. I’ve done a project for school that showed me how I could use compassion to help others. Last I’ve come from people who were compassionate and who also wanted to help others. In most families they bring money down to different generations, but my family passed down compassion and I wish I can pass that on to you.

 



 


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