Tonight I watched 'Milk'. The movie is about gays, human rights, dreams of a man and a lot more...Towards the end of the movie Harvey Milk says... “It's not about Personal gain, about Ego's or about Powers... It's about the Us's out there. And not just the gays, but the blacks and the Asians and seniors and disabled. The Us's. Without hope the Us's give up and I know you cant live on hope alone but without Hope life is not worth living."
It makes me think of how a single man’s helplessness lead to a revolution, a movement. Maybe it was inequality for gay’s that he spoke for but his words carried a much deeper meaning. It somewhere questions everything around us that goes wrong which we choose to ignore. Someone who was a nobody just wanted to speak for something that he believed in. And he made an entire country wake up and face an issue that was swept under the carpets for years.
It was not easy as it never is, but what makes me think is how a single man’s determination could unite an entire God fearing nation to accept something like homosexuality. So maybe next time we hear, read or see something that we believe is wrong, be it a child worker, molestation, eve teasing, voting let us give it a few minutes and give it our voice...
It is not within each one of us to start a revolution but definitely we can be man enough to support those who choose to stand up and give a voice to our thoughts and helplessness. Next time let us do something.
