Ishmael Beah

So as most of you know, Ishmael Beah came to BSU this Tuesday to talk about his book, A Long Way gone: Memiors of a Boy Soldier. Reading his book is amazing, but listening to him tell stories about it in real life, is incredible. there were a couple things that i tho0ught were really cool to hear. One thing was when he said, "One day, if we would find an orange that was rotten,, we would think to ourselves, maybe we will find an orange tomorrow that is not rotten" (Ishmael Beah, 2009). I though thtis was cool to hear because even going through a time like he was, dealing with war, he still had incredible hope. I dont even know of people today who have hope like that and we arent even going through anything close to what he was experiencing.
Another thing that i thought was amazing to me, being a christian, was whne he said, "if i am not living my life for someone, then it wasn't worth living for" (Ishmael Beah, 2009). i thought that was really cool because i try to live livew my life by this standard. I try to glorify god iin everything that i do. However, i know i fail a lot of times.