So, I completely missed 11.11.11 today. Instead of lifting my feet and making a wish, I was biting my lips and receiving a lovely Vitamin B12 injection. Now, for those of you poor souls who have ever received one, you will know that they are bloody painful. Not something, that you want to experience often and whilst they do make you feel better, they leave you with a rather bruised rear end, not ideal, for someone who spends their day sitting on a chair...mmmhhh. But I made a wish anyway, about an hour later, assuming that it would be 11.11.11 somewhere else in the world and the wish gods would understand my plea. So, considering I can’t share my wish with you, for fear it may no longer come true, I have decided to share something else with you that truly touched my heart. It is a documentary made by an Australian mum named Genevieve Bailey that showcases the thoughts and feelings of a group of culturally and physically diverse eleven year old children. Despite having their age in common, they share with the audience their opinions on the world we live in, opinions that are extremely mature and reasoned for children who you would expect to be so young and naive. Whilst the video that I have attached is only a preview for the actual documentary it leaves you with a better understanding of the children who will inherit our world, both our successes and our failures. The reason, I am so touched by this film is because I consider myself to be very much a member of the youth of today’s society, a society that I too believe has become more about the achievement of wealth and power than the achievement of mutual respect and love. This is a very powerful film, a film that showcases how aware our youth are, no matter what their gender or background, and how their personalities will one day find themselves in a world that will hopefully find itself along with them.
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