Well the time has finally come. Today marks the first day that I officially take a step and "DO SOMETHING" about the situation our country is in. For many years I have not paid attention to what is going on in our country and have primarliy focused on my family, career, and other day-to-day responsibilities.
About 1 year ago I started tuning in and paying more attention to what is happening in our world. I started developing opinions and forming attitudes on this or that issue. Now as I listen to the radio, watch the news, read the newspaper; I continue to get more and more frustrated by what I hear, read and see.
I am deeply concerned over many things and I have determine to do something about these concerns.
Today I purchased a copy of Glenn Beck's book "Common Sense". In his book he quotes Martin Luther King, Jr as saying to his supporters: "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extemists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists." I take this to mean that it is much easier to simply die for a cause than it is to find inventive, effective means to fight for it.
I intend to find inventive and creative ways to fight (in a nonviolent way) for the things that I have begun to care deeply about. With that definition in mind, I am formally declaring myself to be a "Creative Extremist" who can no longer sit idle, remain neutral, and let other non-representing representatives speak for me. I consider myself guardian of my own freedom. I have not worked very hard in the past to protect my own freedoms. I am beginning to see the great tragedy in this. The time is now for to take responsibility for my freedom and do something. I will work and fight for my freedoms in ways that represent the values that I believe in.
To that end: Pro Deo, Pro Familia, Pro Patria!
About 1 year ago I started tuning in and paying more attention to what is happening in our world. I started developing opinions and forming attitudes on this or that issue. Now as I listen to the radio, watch the news, read the newspaper; I continue to get more and more frustrated by what I hear, read and see.
I am deeply concerned over many things and I have determine to do something about these concerns.
Today I purchased a copy of Glenn Beck's book "Common Sense". In his book he quotes Martin Luther King, Jr as saying to his supporters: "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extemists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of creative extremists." I take this to mean that it is much easier to simply die for a cause than it is to find inventive, effective means to fight for it.
I intend to find inventive and creative ways to fight (in a nonviolent way) for the things that I have begun to care deeply about. With that definition in mind, I am formally declaring myself to be a "Creative Extremist" who can no longer sit idle, remain neutral, and let other non-representing representatives speak for me. I consider myself guardian of my own freedom. I have not worked very hard in the past to protect my own freedoms. I am beginning to see the great tragedy in this. The time is now for to take responsibility for my freedom and do something. I will work and fight for my freedoms in ways that represent the values that I believe in.
To that end: Pro Deo, Pro Familia, Pro Patria!
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