Love Inspirational Movies!

In class we watched Freedom Writers.  WOW, that is all I have to say. I love watching a movie that is so inspirational especially when it is based off a true story.  This movie means a lot to me.  While watching this movie, I was thinking in my mind that, thats what I want to do.  I want a challenge like that where I put myself in a situation I know nothing about and then help everyone within the situation get through it.  In this case it was about racism, in "The Blind Side" it was about money, family and living, in "Radio" it was about disabled fitting in with regular society.  As a Child and Youth worker I feel that I would best fit in a place where I don't fit in.  This entire experience in college has been about fitting in, and about feeling safe within the classroom.  Well, I don't fit in, I'm different.  I see things different, I feel different, I do things different, I even say things diffferent, and watching this movie made me realize I'm not meant to fit in.  I'm meant to help others be different.  To be who they were meant to be.  I'm not meant to fix anything, nor am I meant to change everything for the better.  I'm meant to change what I can and let things be the way they are.  Because I was so inspired by this class, I absolutely had to write this blog on the same day.  It reminds me so much of other inspirational movies. 

When I first watched "The Blind Side" all I could think about was how strong that woman was.  She told her family how it was going to go, and she took in that boy.  She didn't trying to make him fit in, all she did was help him be himself and embrace what talents he has. She was incredible with him, she went to his mother and talked to her asking her permission to adopt him.  Although social services thought they were just trying to get him to go to their college, they were proved to be wrong.  At first that seemed like the intention but once social services got involved she changed and gave that boy the choice.  She and her family gave that boy the chance to be big.  She knew that boy like he was always with them.  I think this is so inspiring that without a doubt I would love to have the chance to help someone like that.  Someone who may not have the money to have a roof over their head, someone who may not have enough places to go from home to home to stay at, someone who just needs help but is too shy to ask for it.  I want to be someone who helps those people.

I had to watch "Radio" in a class once, it was such an incredible experience just to watch the movie.  This man gave this boy so much.  This boy had a disability but it never stopped him from going to the school and watching the football team practise.  It brought the whole team closer.  This boy had been terroized by the team, but eventually with the help of the coach became a very important member of the team.  The coach knew that he shouldn't have been treated any different from anyone else, and he made sure he wasn't treated differently.  He was just as important as anyone, and after the team was great with him, the coach got him integrated within the school.  He loved it.  This boy who was treated different because of a disability he has was now with everyone.  It was such a great story that I believe I cried the first time I saw it.  I want to be like that.  The one who makes a small difference in one person's life. 

I know that with time I've got the potential to make a huge difference.  It may not be a change, but it will be a difference for someone.  And with that time I wont fit in with everyone else.  I do things differently from everyone, and thats what makes everyone who they are.  I may not make the difference in some kids life, but someone else who is different will make that difference, and I'll have kids who hadn't had a difference made by another Child and Youth worker, but I'll have my chance to make that difference.  I'm not going to walk away from any kids, but I may help them find someone who would be better off with helping them better than I could ever do.  Child and Youth work is about helping others and if you know you can't do it, help them with finding someone who can.  Grow with everyone you help, and communicate with everyone who has the potential to help... Including Child and Youth you help!