Extra Credit Haiti Retreat

I didn’t know what to say about Haiti when the earthquake hit. To my surprised I didn’t think we would do anything, because in all honesty we haven’t. I was acting on what, I’ve been taught to act on, and that is always question everything we do even when were doing it. I understood why Haiti needed help but I never really understood why we were helping them. America has really never helped Haiti unless it was to benefit them and make them look supportive. When I went to the Haiti Retreat presentation, I was baffled. I didn’t know what to expect, but what I didn’t expect is exactly what I encountered. I enjoyed the music that they played, and the talent that they possessed to play such wonderful and enlightening music. I also wondered how they could play with such force when it sounded so passionate. I also watched how everyone, even though they didn’t know the words to the song, and perhaps it was their first time hearing the song, moved to the beat. There was even a point and time where everyone got up and danced together, and that when I knew you have to make the best of with what you got, even though what you got, is not a lot. Then it hit me, that’s what Haiti has been living with, they barely have anything, and when something so tragic as an earthquake happen they have less than what they originally had, which wasn’t a lot. And it isn’t the greed or the spite of America to look like the hero to help them out, but the caring consciousness that everyone has to lend a helping hand when someone is in need. That night it showed me, that everyone can come together, despite the differences one might have, or the conflict. Just for one night, people can come together and put their differences aside, and enjoy themselves, for who they are, and for what is to become of them and their surroundings.