A Revolutionary Life

How will I be remembered? How will you be remembered? Will we be remembered? Such thoughts entered into my mind as I watched The Motorcycle Diaries and made another dent into Che this weekend. Ernesto, "Che", seemed to live a very normal life up until the momentous roadtrip he took on. He was a medical student only a semester away from his degree, but he let it all go. He let go of security for something more. He risked it to become something more. Isnt that a staple of greatness, great risk? Ernesto could have easily gone back home after a life changing, perspective changing journey to become what his parents expected him to be, but instead he wanted more, not only for himself but for everyone. He was one of the many people that recognize social injustice and truely take notice, but he was one of the rare people that actually do anything about it. I can't comment on his life as a revolutionary, as I've yet to fully research it, but I must say I'm very impressed with his life; just as I was with Gandhi's. They both grew up with stable and successful futures ahead of them, a doctor and lawyer respectively, yet through God's providence they each reached a breaking point. They were each shown something which they couldn't tolerate, and possesed the fortitude to change it. It's amazing, because we all have this potential. We all have the potential to be great, to be something more than is expected of us, but we must reach that point where society's definition of success isn't acceptable; when money is no longer an acceptable meter for success, when a courage becomes not an exception to normal activity, but the normal activity. That is how we can live a revolutionary life.