Maybe it's just me but I detect a sense of urgency in the universe, yet our complacency has not diminished accordingly. In other words, time is passing really fast and some of us seem willing to just let it go past without at least sharing what we have.
What's going on in Ferguson, Misssouri? Has the so called rioting been addressed to the point it will never happen again? The police force in New York. Are cops feeling liberated to continue disregarding the sanctity of black life, or is something being done to offset that manner of thinking? The closing of over fifty public schools in Chicago. Has mayor Rahm Emanuel put out an affidavit
that shows how the closings have benefitted the educational pursuits of our youth, or possibly suppressed the gang violence. And what about where you live. Is every thing honky dory, or is there another sad story about to be told.
Some of us have taken on an attitude of how insignificant and powerless we are to do anything that might make a difference. We need to drop it like it's hot ya'll. Quiet as it's kept, we all have the capacity to empower ourselves. We don't have to wait for somebody to tell us what to do, when to do it and what manner to do it in. We don't have to wait for something to happen and then angrily respond until a designated anger management team, appearing somewhere in the media, tells us to hold it down...cause everything gon be all right. We've got to drop that sense of 'ain't nothin' I can do. pick up the enthusiasm that made us angrily respond in the first place, and use it to do something that contributes to the straightening out of whatever the mess might be.
Do we know what's really going on in Ferguson, or New York or Chicago, or are we only aware of what we're being told. Should we continue to get upset when we're told something disturbing? Of course we should. Should we respond with bitterness and anger when whatever it is takes place?happens. Well, when we're in the vicinity of where some form of negativity is occurring, I don't know if any of us can be unresponsive, cause most of the choices made in those types of situations are emotional and reasoning, prior to acting, has little if any bearing on how we might respond. The key here is not to downplay what's going on around us, not to wait to respond to the next event, but rather to do something now, to feel comfortable in knowing that whatever negativity comes about, no matter where it takes place, we did our part in trying to prevent it.
Do you know how to do that? Of course, we all do. We already know that charity starts at home and spreads abroad. We already know that we should treat others like we want to be treated, and we already know that TRUE LOVE conquers all. So there's no longer a question of "Do I know" it's a matter of doing something with what I know. We must keep in mind that it's the little changes in our personal lives that will revolutionize the very nature of our collective existence. When each of us goes to bed tonight, remembering that we hugged our child today, or that we spoke to somebody we didn't know, or gave something to somebody in need, or that we did something positive, on this day, regardless of its seeming insignificance, we can all rest comfortably knowing that we contributed to the well being of another living being. We can then continue getting up each morning, with a renewed conviction to do something, on this day, for somebody, until it becomes our daily objective.
Life is unfolding exactly as it should. Whatever you're doing, have done or plan to do, is going to work out exactly as it should. You see the outcome is not ours to decide, we're only responsible for the choices we make. We all know however, that the choices we make will have a direct bearing on the consequences that come from our having made them. You see, no matter how small what we give to another may seem to be, the universe is extremely grateful for our having shared it, and will respond accordingly. And no matter how dismal things might seem, a lot of people in a lot of places are doing the little things that make a beneficial difference in all our lives. You know how I know, cause we still here, in spite of what's going on around us. What that means is that we still have a chance to make our situation even better. With that being said, let's each of us continue to do what we can, when we can, wherever we can. Why? Cause we already know that we can.
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