If you know me at all, you know that I am not politically motivated or active. I don't really follow the news and am a firm believer that God is in complete control and no "politician" is really going to "change" things or change the world. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try, of course, but it's just not something I am really passionate about.
Nevertheless, I couldn't resist posting this today.
This is my brother giving a speech to the national press corp in respect to Cubans. I think in these four short minutes he covered some very important and fundamental realities about freedom and liberty. Freedom is God given...it is not something that we should ever have to negotiate and it shouldn't be man's decision to make. We are all really free spiritually of course, but this is a common sense approach that hits close to home.
Being the child of exiles has a special meaning and privilege in itself and I really enjoyed this speech. It's only 4 minutes. I hope you take the time to view it and think about it. If you've never thought much about Cuban issues before, maybe this will put it in a different perspective. I am not a diehard activist in any way but I am proud of my "heritage" and I do get disappointed with all the misconceptions about Cubans in this country.
So, take a look and let me know what you think... I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!
So many of us take so many things for granted, I live in Puerto Rico and we have a lot of privileges and I think because of that I think that we don't get the situations in countries that aren't that blessed. Its is very interesting when I talk to my students about the situation in Cuba and other countries that are going through dificult times, the don't get the why it is like that. I just remind the hoew bless we are that we have freedom in so many levels and I pray for all the countries and people that can't enjoy that it is very sad everyone has that right. Tanya
Posted by: Tanya | July 18, 2008 at 02:15 PM