What do you do when the world turns upside down, and you're just 15 years old? Hopefully you remember your parents, older relatives, friends & others who you grew up admiring & wanting to be like.
What do you do when the world turns upside down, and you're only 6 years old? Or even younger? In the chaos & fear, who do you remember? Who do you focus on? Who inspires you to keep going even when times are rough?
What do you do when the world turns upside down, and you're only 6 years old? Or even younger? In the chaos & fear, who do you remember?
Something very rare in The Tribe was role models. Who could the kids to look up to & strive to be like? There were no politicians, no world leaders, doctors, scientists, sports figures or entertainers...just kids. For the littlest ones, if they had dim memories of a loving mother or a protective father, they were the lucky ones.Who was left for them? Unfortunately, what you see really is what you get. They had to find role models from the people right in front of them. Look who they had to choose from--Zoot. The Guardian. Trudy as Supreme Mother. The Techno-leader Ram or Mega who followed him. In large part, these people loomed threateningly in their lives. They had to deal with them, for good or bad.
The very lucky ones, though, had more common choices. Amber, who tried to do right and be fair. Bray, who cared about the future. Salene, who cared so much she usually put herself 2nd or 3rd behind those she loved. Even Ryan who just tried to protect the people he cared about. There were more examples, and their common link was that they were just good kids doing their best to build a life they could be proud of.The role models we adopt tend to define the world-view we hold, large or small. They also define our values and those things most important to us.
Who are your role models?
-Chyna
photo source: copyright Cloud-9 "The Tribe"
