“Please love your community enough to repair what we broke.”
Kiese Laymon
It can be tempting to say, “Not my fault; not my problem.”
And it can be even more tempting to point fingers at who’s fault it is and talk endlessly about who caused what problems in our community.
Enter mainstream media.
But, it takes real maturity… real character… real strength… to rise above finger pointing, gossip, and blame—and actually do something about the problems at hand.
…Which isn’t to say those at fault shouldn’t be held responsible.
It’s simply to say, don’t waste your time merely talking and pointing.
If it isn’t your job to investigate fault or decide convictions… then don’t. Or at least don’t spend all of your time on it (for those who decide the ones whose job it is to do those things aren’t doing them).
As Kiese says above, choose love instead.
Love your community and the people in it so much that your convictions to change what’s broken rises above the fingers, gossip, and blame.
Love your community and the people in it so much that you volunteer some of your free time from your crazy schedule to help with its improvement.
Love your community and the people in it so much that your focus on it and them drowns out what the finger points, gossipers, and blame-gamers have to say…
…And things actually get better as a result.
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