Thursday, June 3, 2010

Maya Angelou

Just came across an interview Oprah did with this amazing lady and this thing she said struck a chord with me:

Oprah: I'm sure that throughout your life, some have said of you, "Who does she think she is?" How do you respond?

Maya: Among other things, "I'm a child of God." That's amazing. And "I'm not only a child of God, but God loves me."

Oprah: The wonder of that.

Maya: It still knocks my socks off!

Oprah: Doesn't knowing that give you freedom?

Maya: Freedom and discipline. Freedom and responsibility. Freedom and a path. Freedom and a row to hoe (means: tough task to carry out). Freedom to do something, not freedom to be idle. And the hardest part for me is to realize that while God loves me, and I am a child of God, I have to see the bigot and the brute and the rapist, and whether he or she knows it or not, I have to know that that person is a child of God. That is part of the responsibility—and it's hard.

Whole interview here.

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We've just finished with a bulk of busy-ness in HealthServe, an outing with the KT dormitory residents and the Health Carnival with MWC. I felt they both were relatively successful and for that I'm thankful. Thankful for the people who've let us run events for them, allowed us to catch a glimpse of their lives. I'll update with write-ups others have done soon :p Heh.

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