actually, today is valentine's day. i'm not really too upset about it being valentine's and not having a boyfriend. it's just another day, and it's frustrating to have this society that tries to sell us all this junk that's supposed to represent love for your loved one. how is a gigantic stuffed gorilla supposed to express your love? haha
anyway, this year has been going pretty well so far. i really like the human rights literature class that i'm taking right now, although i'm not enrolled officially in the class. it's taught by ray ruggiero, and he is super cool. i might actually individually study something i'm interested in personally (although all the stuff i'm learning in class is pretty fascinating): human trafficking. the sex trafficking part of human trafficking seems to be a popular point of activism among christians right now, but i think i might focus on labor trafficking instead. i think sex trafficking is particularly horrible, but i also think that we may brush over labor trafficking more easily because we buy things from places that use sweatshop labor...and so we may be unwilling to pay the higher prices for these people to live decent lives. it almost seems hopeless, because as a christian i know that most companies aren't living under our standards, and so i guess i'm a bit cynical. i think that part of the problem is the company's desire to receive as much money as possible, so their profits are certainly not going to decrease if they decide to give fair wages to their workers. nonono...the consumer is going to pay for that. ok, yeah, so a bit of cynicism there...and maybe i'm pretty naive about how the economy and business works, but whatever. i'm probably not that far off.
probably the best thing to do is pray. Lord, i want to learn more about this, and perhaps learn how i can make a difference. again, once i know, how can i NOT change? Lord, i thank you for putting this on my heart, and i ask that you keep me from shying away from what it would mean in sacrifice. Lord, give me the desire to seek in Your word Your promises about these things, and remind myself of how much You desire justice and mercy. amen.
