The picture "Men at Lunch" with the 11
fearless builders precariously hanging out on an iron beam atop of the burgeoning
New York City amidst the Great Depression has remained an American favorite for
nearly a century. It depicts courage and comradery in the midst of a world of
chaos and confusion; and it associates 11 anonymous faces with an ideal
for which we all aspire.
…An ideal to be people who are capable of rising
above the circumstances below us, and along with a few other friends –
experiencing instances of serenity amidst exhausting efforts of constructing
something great.
I bet that most those guys in the picture above
were in their 20's or 30's at the time of the take; and just like the 11
friends from our young adult's group below, they probably had all kinds
of questions about their future and worth and relationships and dreams.
Dreams of doing
something meaningful with their lives, and of making enough money to have a life. Of sharing their lives with
people they care about, and of caring for the people that make their lives
worthwhile.
Bogota Colombia in
the 21st century is a little different from New York City at the
beginning of the 20th, but young adults throughout every era and in
every continent are all trying to make their lives count.
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