I was recently asked by a close friend of mine to go to Seattle and protest against abortion. My first reaction was to say no. This wasn’t because I agree with abortion. Now that I mention it, I’m actually not sure why I said no. It just seemed like the right thing to say. But since then I’ve decided that we cannot stop these issues of social justice by simply picketing….it starts with us admitting that we are the problem. How can we expect change to take place in such a drastic way if we don’t see and change the problems in ourselves? So I got to thinking even more about social justice issues such as abortion or poverty and asked myself the question why? Why do we fight for these things?? Is it truly to free these people of the chains that bind them? Or is it simply so that we feel good about ourselves or to be perceived as socially active people? Deep down we want to make change happen….we want to see miracles. Our pride and interest in ourselves is what keeps us from it. Anyways….just some thoughts….food for thought.
