Some Words For 2020 · 5:58pm Dec 31st, 2019

Hi all.
I've been giving it some thought and, while 2019 hasn't been bad for me at all (Difficult certainly but nothing really that bad happened) I can understand it has been a rough year for more than a few of you.
A lot has happened, good and bad.
I don't need to tell you about the bad.
But here's quite a bit of good to those who need it.

One thing I'd like to take a moment to say is about a neutral political statement.
Due to incidents of political, cultural or economical action or inaction that have attracted, shall we say, divisive opinions from those affected by them, I have heard people honestly losing faith in the democratic system.
I wish to say something about that.
Yes, I too haven't exactly been getting what I'd prefer out of the ballots these last five years.
But you know what? That hasn't finished me and it shouldn't be finishing you.
Because that's not what democracy is about.
Democracy is not just about the right to vote.
It's about the right to act.

Whether it's concerning financial difficulties or racial tensions or environmental issues and so forth, we, as citizens, have the right, nay the duty, to make ourselves heard about issues that concern them.
And we don't do that by just ranting online to a group of people both equally angry and powerless on the same subject. Because that solves nothing. And it needs to stop or at least lessen itself. Because too many people stop at the first hurdle and that's when the problem gets ignored. Because from an outsider standpoint, it only appears to concern people who don't involve anyone else in their concern.

I try to be as positive as possible online but, believe me, there's a lot that has gone on, and is still going on, that scares me.
But whenever I can, I act upon it.
And if that isn't possible, I talk it out with those close to me then find the full truth of the matter and investigate what others are doing.
There have been a lot of protests concerning things I feel very passionately about these past couple of years. I, to my shame, didn't actively take part in the protest (I'm really not good with crowds) but I signed up for emails and put my name and donation down on many of their petitions. And I'm happy to say, people at the top are listening.
Progress right now slow but it is getting somewhere. And I feel a part of that.
And it always counts. It not only makes you feel hopeful but strong.
Part of the world we live in and ready for it.
Which meant I didn't need to vent online to people who already have enough problems of their own. I couldn't live with that.

So to you at home, I say now is the time to act. In whatever way you can in regards to what concerns you most.
Let 2020 be a year when the people with concerns present said concerns to the people who can change things. Or hell, even work to change things themselves.

People in autonomous governments, even if they have the right to vote, aren't allowed to voice their problems in a public manner. Sometimes, they're not even allowed to know what the problem is.
The measures by which the government ensure that vary but regardless, we cannot imagine what that's like and we must never take it for granted.

We have the right to act and we should make proper use of that.
Whatever your argument or wish, you should present yourselves as sensible and reasonable people, you must listen to the other side and know where you stand and what can and should be done.
Wisdom is the greatest weapon of the argument and you must wield it well.
Don't lose faith in the system when you haven't exercised any faith in yourself. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

Stop Complaining - Start Campaigning
Hashtag it and spread it around please.

Thank You and Happy New Year