Personal Reflection Writing Assignment

MY VISION

She tried to be with people who have been weak by society. This is my sentence, and it describes my central vision and the core value in my life. Why do I put my importance on this sentence? Each words of this sentence have special meaning for me. I'll explain the reasons of my thought dividing three parts.

The reason that I don't choose strong and powerful people but weak people is based on my religion. I'm a Christian, and I've believed in my God since I was a child. I grew up with the words of the Bible. So, the Bible influences my sense of value a lot. What the Bible tells us is how to relate with weak people. Jesus always stayed along with weak people who are illness, be despised and be kept away from others. The Bible teaches us that turning our eyes toward these people and going close to them. My willing is approaching to the teaching. That's why I care about weak people.

Second, why I'm focusing on "by society" is that I had many opportunities of listening to the situation of people who have been placed on low state which is created by society. And, I actually met such people many times in my life. A few of my impressive meetings are home-less people in Kitakyusyu and Kotobuki-cho (Yokohama), orphaned children in Thailand and Cambodia.They are took away their human rights by society. They are forced to be in a difficult situation because of the society's structure. It's hard to escape from the social negative-spiral by them own. Through these meeting, I learned that the essence of "weak people" is "people who have become weak by society". I shouldn't forget the roots of matter about social structure which makes hierarchy. Including this self-remonstrance, I use the expression "by society" in my sentence.

Finally, I express my basic stance in the simple key word "be with people". People who listened to my vision often ask to me, "So, what you want to do is like international corporation or support?" But, my vision is not same as international corporation. I have an image for "international corporation" as helping others. However, I don't want to make a relation which involve the difference between helpers and people who are helped. I just would like to live with them. I wish I and people who have been weak by society to share own feeling, effort and suffering.

These three reasons compose my sentence. So, my central vision and core value is that looking at many small lives, go there and be along with them with my respect as a human. This is very simple way of living, but it's not easy to do completely. So, I have read the Bible to be sure how can I live.