A lot of the time I look at the issues faced in the world and become extremely discouraged about the future. It seems bleak and not worth being a part of. I would let these things tear me down inside and spoil my spirit to a very harmful point. Then I heard three quotes, all by different but amazing and influential people, and strung them together. Instead of letting issues eat at my heart, maybe I should let them fuel the fire to break free.
"The greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any. Be the change you wish to see in the world. "
Martin Luther King Jr.
Alice Walker
Mahatma Gandhi
Speak up against things. Write a letter, email, book. Tell a friend, a stranger, a congress member. Silent screams don't shake the eardrums of others. And if they're deaf become the listener for someone else.
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