Happy Autumn

Bonjour! It's October 1st and mmmm I love the smell of October.

Also, the colors.

We read a poem in English today that inspired me probably more than anyone else in the class for some reason. Please read it.

You Don't Read Africa by David Munene wa Kimberly 

Never have you ever sat

Or beneath African Suns lay flat

You insist on rumours fat

Liken to a rainy day's door mat

To judge where you haven't testified

And judge what ain't justified

You don't read Africa

You heard it is Hell's replica

With an oasis of virtual bliss

Where on semi-humans and snakes hiss

You watched him report

On a continent he hasn't rapport! 

Why do you believe: 

That which you perceive? 

As Gospel-truth lies you receive? 

Those that only your mind deceive? 

Making you think 'Africa' is synonym to 'grieve'? 

You don't read Africa

You only read about Africa

The cradle of mankind

You believe is to mankind unkind

You help in protests

Against nothing on your list of detests

You call it charity when you commission inquests! 

Can a reader read a book here

When he is only there

There where he doesn't know where, 

Where he feels and thinks is nowhere? 

Read Africa from your heart

Not just when Africans hurt

You cannot read Africa miles apart

You read of Africa

You read about Africa

You read about Africa

You have read about Africa

You Don't Read Africa 

I deeply feel that judging others is something I wish we wouldn't really do. It's so unbearably natural for humans to make up stories about other humans the moment they lay eyes on them. But it just doesn't serve us, so we need to let it go. We must READ the person or the place or the thing before we decide what we feel about it.

And with that, I'll end with a positive exclamation: Yay, it's the beginning of the month! I know every day should be your favorite day but I do love the beginnings of the months!!! 

Let's go LIVE each day that hasn't even been touched yet, and BE PRESENT.