Wednesday, November 18, 2015

If Not Leading by Example, Why Should Anyone Follow Anywhere

There is a major risk of self-righteousness but there's righteousness in all of us if we only set it free.  I loathe standing like a preacher but I'm not standing for religion, I'm standing for the humanity in all of us because I know it's there but it's buried under so many things which I do not wish to address in this context.

My stand is with the greatest strengths I know, my writing and my music, and I feel the strongest duty I have ever known in my life to do this because I do know the history, I do study the people, and I have done this all my life.  From those things I know all the more I must do this no matter what comes to me as I also know deep inside of that which will come if I and as many others as possible fail to stand.

Perhaps there's the thought of self-satisfaction but that's not even close because no matter what I do toward this, it will never be enough to satisfy me until I see that which I most fervently believe is possible if we unite toward it.  That's my religion and it does not have a name, it does not need one.  I have no doubt it serves them all, however, and with as much respect for all of them as I can muster.

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