We often cast this saying aside. We think to ourselves that tomorrow's a guarantee. After all, we've lived for thousands of days. As Stephen Christian once said on his blog (modesty.blogspot.com), we never expect this day to be our last. We put on our favorite shirt and go out into the world, only to expect tomorrow. We can't. But we're so complacent. We just do.
With this limited time, sometimes we just go through the motions. We don't stand for anything. All we do is propagate drama. Good vs. evil. The good guy vs. the bad guy.
I never thought I'd be able to use this in a serious blog, but I'm going to.
"And we have some problems here on the Earth to worry about? Compared to like...nothing. Just...be happy. Don't worry, be happy right now."
See, it's times like these I don't understand people that don't believe in a higher purpose. The people who don't want to stand for something. The people who don't want to fight for what they believe in. I don't care if the purpose's scale is minuscule or grand, just stand for something. If you have the ability to, and everyone does, fight for what you believe in.
It was Ralph Marston that said that everyone has their own unique voice. Use that voice to say what you truly mean, to express who you really are.
It was Gandhi that said that we need to be the change that we wish to see in the world.
We have all the tools in the world, especially in this information age, to extend our beliefs on a massive scale. We possess the ability to be heard. We possess the ability to do so much more than anyone could have possibly conceived of doing just twenty years ago. Compare what we have the ability to do today to the capability of people in the Roman Empire had.
It's night and day.
People know me as the guy that loves hockey, and will someday earn his livelihood being a part of it. There is just one thing that people don't know. I plan to use this voice of mine to stand up for the causes I believe in. I vow to squash bullying and discrimination amongst adolescents. If God will have it, I will live on and continue to fight the fight that I had fought beforehand.
I will use this blog, I will use Twitter, I will use my future profession, I will use anything in my power to stand up for what I believe in.
What do you believe in? Will you stand up for it, or will you be silent? Don't fall for the spiral of silence.
BE THE CHANGE.
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