Boys Next Door Act 2

Jack, I like Jack. He seems to be stressed out, even at his whits end at some times with these gentlemen but he still loves them and even calls them his little associates. To me Jack sees himself in these men, he sees someone who is free of pressure, of worry, and they can be who they want to be. At some times I think Jack may even envy this. He sees who he can be when he looks at them. They are happy just being them selfs, they don't need anything but good friends and they seem to do well. Jack looks at these men in a different light. Most would look at them and say why, or laugh and turn their heads because they feel superior to them in some way, but in many ways these men are far more superior than the average person. In the Bible we are told to have the faith as children and to be like children in some ways. have you ever noticed how a child wont judge another child by their looks, clothing, or anything else. We as the "normal ones" can't seem to grasp this and it is something that these men have not lost or forgotten about. They don't judge each other and they don't put each other down, they are a family and I think their is much to be learned here. Just something to think about.

Boys Next Door Act 1

So far this book has really made me happy. A few years ago I witnessed a mentally handy cap kid walk up to a girl that everybody in the class was in like with and say next to her and held her hand. I laughed because he did what every other guy in the classroom wanted to do. Next thing I know I got yelled at for laughing at him. She said that it was not nice to laugh at him because he had a disability. So what, isn't he human like me and you. If my buddy where to do that I would laugh because it was funny. Just because he has a disability dose not give us the right to treat him any differently. It was an injustice what that teacher said about him, how could some one dehumanize another like that? It was not right. We are all equal and the same no matter what or who we may be. We where all born and we will all die.

This book really rings true this message. No matter what people may say or think about a person with disability's, we all deserve to be treated like humans nothing more nothing less. It is this simple but humanity seems to just ignore them all together. When we pass one by in the market place, do we say how are you doing today?, or do we walk on by pretending we never say them, thinking it is the right thing to do, but is it? Don't ignore them like some horrible plague that might go away with time, give them time just like you would anyone else. Thank you, that is all.

Darkness

"Where is God in the darkness?". When the passage was talking about the question sometimes being more important than the answer I took a second look and was astonished. Answers like this leave us with raw blank information, but for us to really grow in a time of darkness we need the question and only the question because this many times opens up a door to growing and learning not just spiritually but mentally and maturely, if thats even a word. Like the passage said, "it is time not for answers but for questions that defy answers,”.

I really like the lines, There has to be some serious doubt, otherwise faith becomes merely a dogmatic formula, an orthodoxy, a way of evading the complexity of life rather than engaging honestly with life.” This rings true to my life. I feel like I am completely helpless to help somebody if I haven't experienced something tragic too. It is very difficult to me, I know that if I was in a world of hurt and somebody came up to me saying it will be alright I would be quite angry with them if they have not been through what I been through. I wouldn't even want to hear them speak to me. I know that this seems harsh but its the truth. The truth can hurt, no matter if the truth is darkness and despair or the unknown in times of uncertainty.