We are all born
and someday we’ll all die.
Most likely
to some degree alone.
What if our aloneness
isn’t a tragedy?
What if our aloneness
is what allows us
to speak the truth
without being afraid?
What if our aloneness
is what allows us to adventure –
to experience the world
as a dynamic presence –
as a changeable, interactive thing?
If I lived in Bosnia or Rwanda
or who knows where else,
needless death wouldn’t be
a distant symbol to me,
it wouldn’t be a metaphor,
it would be a reality.
And I have no right
to this metaphor.
But I use it to console myself.
To give a fraction of meaning
to something enormous
and needless.
This realization.
This realization that
I will live my life in this world
where I have privileges.
I can’t cool boiling waters in Russia.
I can’t be Picasso.
I can’t be Jesus.
I can’t save the planet single-handedly.
I can wash dishes.
By Rachel Corrie — January 2003
Footage from Rachel's interview conducted by Middle East Broadcasting-
Rachel Corrie 5th Grade Speech-
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Tags- Rachel Corrie
පැරණි මාදිලියෙන් ලැබුණු ප්රතිචාර-
Vindya මෙහෙම කියනවා :
Nice one..she is great!!! although they killed her, they cant buried the truth..
කිවුව වෙලාව- 2011-07-04 04:02:27
Sandali මෙහෙම කියනවා :
කිවුව වෙලාව- 2011-06-30 23:09:42
dam මෙහෙම කියනවා :
vittorio arrigoni. an italian peace activist killed in gaza. 15-04-2011. pls make a letter abt him also.