Sunday, February 27, 2011
From books to real life
For me, reading things in books or anything just doesn't seem to impact me a lot. Even if they are terrible and real things, such as reading about things revolving around my topic, alcoholism in Native American tribes. Statistics show how many indians die compared to every other race involving alcohol and Native Americans are about 75% of total deaths. Which is crazy, but to me, just a statistic. So none of these things really hit me until I hung out with my Native buddy. He has had 3 people pass away within the last few weeks in his family. Some involving alcohol. That is crazy, I have known this kid for years and I love him (no homo). So hearing this kinda hit home. He is taking it well since he is used to people close to him and bad things happening him. He is the one that shows me not only hot tough a Native Americans life can be, but also how tough a tribe member can be.
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Hey Jed,
ReplyDeleteI am sorry for your friend's losses.
You are not alone in being impacted in a different way when you are able to personally connect with information. When it is seems to be just out there or on paper, you can disconnect it from impacting actual living beings. Yet if you are able to see/feel with someone you know or meet, you see the information in a whole new light.