So I went home to the gorgeous city of Akron, Ohio for the weekend. My brother is in town to visit family in celebration of his birthday from Texas. Here is my attempt to try and sum him up: 23 (going on 24) years old, tall, white, male, graduated from a liberal arts college in 2008 studying English and Creative Writing, now works for TD Ameritrade, voted Most Pessimistic in his High School Yearbook, is ALWAYS right, never listens to any one's opinion, and not an ounce of compassion in his body.
I can't understand how he graduated with an English degree and still doesn't seem grasp some of the concepts I do. So you guys can understand a bit, we were talking about Haiti, and he says, "I don't understand, if there was an earthquake in America, no Haitians would be here helping. Its all bull (yadda, yadda, yadda)."
I just can't seem to understand how my own blood could say such a thing. I've obviously learned to ignore him over the years, but what if instead of the job he has now, he were ghost writing for politicians? With his degree, he could very well do so. What is going on in his brain that produces such... ignorance? Hate?
How do we touch people, who seem untouchable? Unchangeable. Is it possible? I feel like his problem is not seeing people as people something that Theresa says often (which is quite beautiful by the way).
How do we design to change my brother?
Can we?
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Megan,
ReplyDeleteFirst of all thanks for sharing. I, as you can imagine have to answer these type of questions on a daily basis with the work I do with my Christian Sorority, I think I have come to realize that it is actually not about "us changing them", it is more about us contiuing to be who we are so that through us....they might change.
I believe the same can apply to design. In our work as our beautiful author discusses, if we simply take the time in our everyday work to do good, we are ultimatly making a difference sometimes without us even knowing it.
So, I say...continue to talk about these things, don't embrace his comments by saying things back at all but rather continue to shower him with love, continue to reflect in actions the way you would hope your brother would be. He will eventually come around....prayerfully...but some people just have to learn the hard way too...:) LOL.
But, I am pretty sure you get my drift :)
Blessings,
Britt.
**Many typos in that last comment. Sorry...:)
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