.... but it has a big impact.
I have a friend who is despondent about the pace in which this country and this moment in time is moving for change. He reminds me a lot of myself. I freak out about how slow things are going and how I feel like although today's generation has it's moments we aren't as passionate as other generations towards action. I have always said that I sometimes wish I was part of the Civil Rights Era and what kind of activist I would be then.
But I have to say that now when I look at the times, I know that my one chip at the mountain isn't going to make that mountain topple right away, but it will at least cause more chips and breaks that impact that mountain. I do not want to be apathetic, I do not want to just stand around when there are things that need to be done. I think we do them in our own ways, we make the impact when we can. Through conversations that change ones mind, through writing, through action etc. But we all have our ways in which we impact the world to make it better.
I understand like Dr. King once said that " I may not get to the mountain top" but I know that what I am doing now is so that that mountain top can be reached. If we just sit idly by and let these injustices continue than what rights to d we have. It's to me the same feeling and emotion I feel towards people who do not vote. If you do not vote, you don't get a say. I believe that in my gut that it is our CIVIC DUTY as American, Democratic Citizens to impact change in this country and we do that by voting. " If you don't vote, you don't count."
If you don't speak up, you don't count. Life is not about laying down or bowing your head. Life is about making connections with other human beings to hopefully change the way we all live. To better not only our lives but the lives of other people. I believe this so deeply in my heart, that the interactions I have with other people must be intentional. There has to be a purpose. I want to learn as much as I can about a person that I meet even if it is for a short period in time.
A moment. change is like the wind, it might not be bold, but it's there.
