Read this on the bus ride to Sears tower today for a DevOps conference.
A quote from Kassig's letter to his parents struck me: "I am very sad that all this has happened and for what all of you back home are going through. If I do die, I figure that at least you and I can seek refuge and comfort in knowing that I went out as a result of trying to alleviate suffering and helping those in need."
Makes me question what I'm doing. Here am I -- I went home early today because I thought the conference was a little too much for me, and I messed around with the bike I've been trying to fix, play League, made some food, watched some videos, talked to my roommate, and now I'm about to go to sleep.
Not all of us will go out heroically, I'm sure. We won't have the story tale ending to our lives, yet it makes me want to do more.
I want to do something hard, yet something meaningful -- something worth dying for. To my disappointment, however, I think right now I am to study devops more and learn and do good work at my job.
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