Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

I have spoken with thousands of folks from all walks of life in more than a few countries
and I have felt that Goodness yearning to break free of the fear that keeps it shackled
inside; the fear that has Good People sitting still and waiting for their politicians to act
instead of acting themselves.
Frankly, I think we are using politics as a means of copping out. I think we are so afraid
of not being “good enough” to help others that we have elected others to do that glorious
“dirty work” for us.
No wonder we get so upset at our “leaders” when they fail us –- for in actuality we are
truly only upset at ourselves for passing our own responsibilities on to them;
responsibilities that were (and still are) actually privileges; honors that we have given
away because we ran from the challenge of embracing them on our own.
Politics -- A Way OUT
Well, my Friends, the time has come for us to finally step up to the plate.
After all these years, politics has finally failed us completely and irrevocably. Our
politicians vote themselves raises and don’t even show up for work. They make promises
to get our votes and then take the side of weapons manufacturers and environmental
polluters and mega-corporations once they are in office.
And we are not to be angry at them for doing so … They are simply looking out for their
best interests (material wealth and sociological power via re-election), just as your vote
for their hollow promises was you looking out for your own.
Well I say “NO LONGER!!!”
*No longer will we wait for our politicians to feed or clothe our poor … We will do the
feeding and the clothing.
*No longer will we wait for our politicians to house our homeless … We will take them
in under our own roofs.
*No longer will we wait for our politicians to properly educate our youth … We will be
our children’s teachers.
*No longer will we wait for our politicians to give us nutritional food and proper health
care … We will ensure that those our communities remain healthy when well and are
cared for when ill.
*And no longer will we try to influence our politicians with our brittle votes … We will
show them that they are no longer needed, in that no one listens any longer to their warmwinded
speeches; in that there are someday no votes at all for them to count.
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