Heading North

After reading the article about the life of the Mexican migrants heading towards the USA, my heart is loaded with indescribable heaviness. In the passage, despite the perilous borders they have to cross before reaching their destinations,despite the enormous possibility of encounterng and being attacked by ruthless bandits and muggers, despite the bleak future they have to face even if they have attained their fundamental aim----getting to the America, these Central American migrants from Guatemala or El Salvador or Nicaragua never give up their dream----their enthusiasm and motivation never wane, although occasionally a look of uncertainty may flicker across their face. Because of one simple yet also complicated reason:they are willing to push for their futures.

When they were asked of the potential undesirable situation they were going to plunge themselves in after reaching their destination, they showed utmost composure,what they wanted were merely jobs, and dollars.Their dreams were simple, but to them, their hope can suck in all their efforts,as well as rendering them into an unpredictable situation in which their destiny is not dominated by themselves. However, their exploration never stops.Their dreams are like their belief, and they stick to their dreams like those pious devotees sticking to their religions.The same piety, yet pursuits are different.

I was in awe when I read about their explanation for their motives of migration which they even need to put their lives at stake,"it is just need that makes you do certain things". Compassion and then reverence overwhelmed me. NEED, what an abstract concept that you can only feel in your hearts, and at the same time, is also so substantial that you can even touch it and grasp it tightly in your hands now and then.

They are a group of illegal people who are resented by officials,but from their actions, I saw a certain kind of peseverence which is of great importance to all the human-beings. There is a Chinese song called "heading north all the way". Here, I think these Central Americans put a deeper connotation in this song~~~