Get up Stand up.......for SOMETHING

23 MARCH
Give up apathy. Stay
informed, speak up,
vote, pick an issue
and learn all you can
about it

What do you believe in? I mean TRULY feel passionate about?  Your pets? How about kids? Maybe its queer rights, women's rights, freedom to marry, autistic rights, transgender rights, spiritual freedom, racial profiling, etc. These are just a few of mine that came off the top of my head in thirty seconds or less. 

Go ahead and find a piece of paper or a space on your computer and write your list. Give yourself a full minute and just write what comes to your mind. Go ahead.....do it....we'll wait for you...........................

Welcome back. Now that you have your list, are there any on there that you feel particularly strong about? How about a couple that may have surprised you? Do your friends and family KNOW these passions? Do you vote? Do you belong to equal rights groups? Do you get yourself educated or do you educate? 

Pick one. Pick the one that means the most to you. Research it. Learn about it. Share about it. Educate others. 

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke) 

 "I don't care if no one likes it, unless no one likes it". (Story People)

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

“Once Upon A Time Nobody Gave A Fuck.”
― Kidder, j 

 

 “...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel" something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them.”
― Leo F. Buscaglia

 Why do we wait and wait and wait? Is it human nature? Is it American nature? Or have we just gotten lazy? Look all around you and you will see plenty of people up in arms (some even bearing arms) about the state of the economy, the price of gas, teen suicide, same sex marriage, abortion, and the list goes on. Do you feel passionate about either side of these issues? If so, what do you do? Do you shake your fist in the air? Do you talk until your friends get tired of the same words over and over? Do you blame the lack of your brand of religion in today's world? Have you given up and decided God/dess has given up on us and is raining down punishment upon us? 

As I've said in several posts through lent, LIVE YOUR LIFE!! 

Get off your ass, and DO SOMETHING! 

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
Nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

 24 MARCH
Give up stress. Ask
stress what it has
done for you lately.