My Eye Opening Summer
So you've all heard about OU (operation understanding) How much it sucked. Because I made only 1 friend at the very end. I realized last night why the whole trip really disturbed me...
Sitting at Le Bus with my family with the red glare of the window sign on my face I saw Ari, a kid from OU across the room. A balloon hung above his chair saying congratulations graduate. My stomach churned, I felt feverish, and I realized why.
He has no idea that my trip sucked. And he never will.
The truly disturbing part of the experience is that all the other kids were oblivious to my painful experience. They will never know the pain I felt. I almost want to tell them now. But why make them feel guilty about something they did unintentionally.
Some of you, let me name names, Ruth, Val, Josh, Jo have told me stories of feeling rejected as kids. Feeling out of the loop, not fitting in. I didn't understand what you meant but I now realize that I was like the other kids on OU. Oblivious to the plight of my peers.
I want to try and change that. If I can take anything out of that summer is that I need to watch out for my friends around me. Everyone is so self protective and worrying about themselves that we sometimes forget to worry about eachother. I'm going to start to worry.
Sitting at Le Bus with my family with the red glare of the window sign on my face I saw Ari, a kid from OU across the room. A balloon hung above his chair saying congratulations graduate. My stomach churned, I felt feverish, and I realized why.
He has no idea that my trip sucked. And he never will.
The truly disturbing part of the experience is that all the other kids were oblivious to my painful experience. They will never know the pain I felt. I almost want to tell them now. But why make them feel guilty about something they did unintentionally.
Some of you, let me name names, Ruth, Val, Josh, Jo have told me stories of feeling rejected as kids. Feeling out of the loop, not fitting in. I didn't understand what you meant but I now realize that I was like the other kids on OU. Oblivious to the plight of my peers.
I want to try and change that. If I can take anything out of that summer is that I need to watch out for my friends around me. Everyone is so self protective and worrying about themselves that we sometimes forget to worry about eachother. I'm going to start to worry.