Is the PINK function working? Fabulous!

So I am not sure if I am just trying to procrastinate from catching up on schoolwork or I just had an unfulfilled need to blog in pink, but here I am. 

While I was sitting here back in San Antonio and my "normal" life, I was reading Julia's entry and I began to realize that the United Nations and my experiences there are a lot like NY's public transportation network. Like the UN, some people take the bus because they are forced to (e.g., the US), others take the bus because they are trying to better themselves by seeking opportunities (e.g., G77), and some people take the bus with much less aim. Like the UN, in the New York City metro you find the homeless, the destitute, the middle class and the wealthy all lumped together. There are distractions (fights and rats) and celebrations (performers) that carry on at all hours. However, most people on the subway can carry on with their agendas-- continuing on their path to work and leisure-- without compromising their plans or goals. But there are some (like the man who helped me carry my large suitcase down 4 flights of stairs in Queens) who stop to take the time to pause and share their assets (a strong back in the aforementioned case) with others.

Sitting in the basement of the United Nations this week was like riding the subway. Most people that passed me were carrying on their agendas, without altering their course of action. However, there were others (like the European and Tanzanian youth delegates and the amazing NGO organizers I met) who stopped and helped us (excited yet green) SustainUS'ers find our way the last couple weeks.

While the Commission for Social Development's stakeholders steadfastly held its course through frenzied and confusing distractions (like the NYC subway) the most important thing (as in public transportation) is that the infrastructure exists... and though this infrastructure is intricate, fragile, yet difficult to update, it can facilitate interactions that can potentially advance everyone who uses it.