thisISnelly

uh oh..

i feel so lost in 3 out of 4 classes. and only a few weeks left in the semeseter. yikes!

"Church" people are people too

So I was talking to a friend, and we were discussing how at somepoint there is this seperation or almost double standard for someone who attends to church. It seems there’s two things that happen.

A) “I bet you [person that attends church] does [sin] “.

Ok the problem with this, is, there is no problem. Everyone sins. And even more so, each sin is the same. So this statement just re-establishes the fact that this person is NOT perfect, which is probably the first thing that person would admit. It is not a secret. But I think people do this because in their minds it goes like this.

“I bet you [person that attends church] does [sin]. I don’t go to church, because at church there’s people like [person that attends church, ] so there’s no point in going if even people there do [sin].”

There is no reason to assume or believe that people in church are perfect, or have no sin. So do not waste your time picking at/ thinking up of the sin so and so aquires over the week, because you’re already right. But instead think so what does that have to do with you? Nothing.

then there’s kind of the opposite

B)”Don’t [something you’d do to ANYONE] because they go to church.”

 Basically, being over kind and over nice and trying to please someone because they are church folk. They’re not perfect and you do not have to be either.

I’ll probably touch more on this later, but just my thoughts at the moment.

Yes I go to church. Yes I sin. I AM NOT PERFECT. :]

Race

I was watching this special on being Latino in American, in relation to hispanic heritage month I guess, on CNN. And I could not relate at all. I talked to Amanda how this is basically encouraging the stereotypes - latinos are grouped together, being Mexican is a slur, we don’t speak English, we’re unemployed, illegal, taking other peoples jobs, have kids and are not married, and the list went on. I did not see any one like me. And Amanda was like because they would say I am too white. And I knew she meant it in a “this is what they would say way”, because her and I concluded that I’d be considered white because I speak English, go to college and don’t have any kids, and have a job. Some people love their ancestry and try to carry everyone tradition and if at all the language of it. But honestly, I am American, yeah I have some, although really limited, knowledge/tradition of being “Mexican” but I would never actually want to visit Mexico or live there and I’d only want to be fluent in Spanish in order to get a better job. Yeah that’s about it. It’s unforunate that this makes me “white”. I am proud of my Grandparents and for their huge struggle to better themselves and their family, and that is the main tradition I carry from my family. To keep bettering yourself, don’t be lazy and give up, and love your family and everyone around you. I don’t know what race or tradition that fits into but that is what is most important to my extended family.