This week’s blog assignment (MISSION) should I choose to
accept it…[mission impossible theme plays in the background]…
Imagine the following:
A major catastrophe has almost completely devastated the
infrastructure of your country. The emergency government has decided that the
surviving citizens will be best served if they are evacuated to other countries
willing to take refugees. You and your immediate family are among the survivors
of this catastrophic event. However, you have absolutely no input into the
final destination or in any other evacuation details. You are told that your
host country’s culture is completely different from your own, and that you
might have to stay there permanently. You are further told that, in addition to
one change of clothes, you can only take 3 small items with you. You decide to
take three items that you hold dear and that represent your family culture.
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What if’s are always a hard game for me to play, as a person
who is already over analytical, it is a never ending process of over thinking,
and re-over thinking. After an hour of “deep thoughts”, I can only think of one
thing I would want to take with me, besides my family. The only thing I think I would miss of my
physical possessions is my family’s photos. I would also need my pets. Other
than that if I have my family that’s really all I need.
My pets are like family, and the family photos would help me
keep my memories, and allows me to share those memories with future
generations. I can’t really tell you which one of those items is really more
important than the other, and I would be deeply saddened if I had to choose
just one.
Throughout the history of the United States, this has
probably happened more often than could be documented. So many families show up with hopes of
freedom and opportunity and meet resistance, misunderstanding, and an
unwillingness of the “native culture” to learn about the culture that the individual
brings with them.
It would be extremely
hard if not impossible, for me to come to a strange country, be expected to
practice new roles, learn a new language, and even wear clothing that I wasn’t
used to, trying to fit in. I am pretty set in my ways, I don’t honestly know if
I could start over with nothing!
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