Wednesday, July 28

If you really knew me.





So I watched a new show online on MTV's site called "If You Really Knew Me" that really caught my eye. It's about a group of individuals that attend Freedom High School from a town called Oakley, in the sunshine state California, who are faced with a dwelling day ahead that might change the rest of their high school years.


It's Challenge Day everyone! A day where everyone knows to bring tissues. For those who don't know what Challenge Day is, it's a day away from their academics to focus on rebuilding the social scene around them. Rather it's bullying, discrimination, prejudice, suicide or any other issues that linger in the students' hearts, they are faced with a challenge to step out of their comfort zone and look straight in the eyes of their fellow peers and say 'If you really knew me...'.


I must amit, I was so intrigued by this show, that I shed a few tears myself. Looking at their faces and hearing these individuals speak up, brought an uplifting peace and joy within me. Realizing at the time that many people, everyone, goes through this at one point of their lives. A time where they might've felt so trapped in the thought of what the world tells them they should be or act, that they run further and further away from knowing themselves or overwhelmed by the lies and walls they created around their hearts. Knowing that such a day can change the hearts of many, I thought to myself, what would happen if we were to take it to another level? Bring God into the picture.


Love. In all conclusion.


Seeing the kids reunited as one, (as if they turned a complete 180) at the end of the course, brought only one word to my mind. Love. I could see just the presence of love just flowing in that room and upon their hearts. I was assured that God was in that room, smiling down at His chilren, thrilled that His children that He brought into this world were, what seemed like, reunited as one as they were made to be. No more clicks, just everybody for themselves. OH! and you can't forget...


LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.


If you want to catch the episode, you can click this link: Http://www.mtv.ca/tvshows/if-you-really-knew-me/video_content.jhtml?id=1644488 and it will give you the full episode.




2 comments:

  1. this show is amazing. it totally sparked back my passions to speak to youth. AH - SO GOOD. and TOTALLY the reason behind my new post too, haha. YOU ARE WONDERFUL.

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