Rights.

I state my rights, everyday.
I state my rights out of not acting.

Out of not partaking 
in things which, I feel
do not serve me well.

On things, that are unwholesome.

I state my rights, everyday,
by not spending my money/supporting unethical companies,
that destroy our planet, 
de-humanize our people, 
and that are both killing and destroying the health and lives of all living things on this planet.

I have never been one for attending protests, 
and I used to feel guilty about that.
I never attended because I felt I had no reason to,
and the thought of being in the middle of a vast amount of angry people, 
made me quite nervous.

I didn't realize back then - just a few years ago - 
when I saw huge groups of people attending mass protests 
that soon became violent and out of control, -
I didn't realize then, but now I realize that 
I was making a protest of my own, 
(along with many others, I'm sure)
by simply not acting.

My protest instead was (and still is) living a simple life,
by supporting local shops and communities,
by changing my diet, caring for myself,
and living a simple yet wholesome life.

Becoming aware and awake as to what is happening in the world around me, and how the choices I make (big or small) effect the whole.

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''Those who say do not know, and those who know do not say.''

We don't always have to be loud or angry or violent to achieve change.
Nor should we feel that we have to attend mass political protests 
in order to believe that we are making a change, or doing something ''good.''

Change is something that just cannot be achieved.

Change is something that just happens, naturally,
and the more we try to control and achieve change, the more we destroy it.

The change is already inside us, we just have to learn to let go and to trust.

Sometimes just being silent and not acting
can be just as powerful as raising one's voice as to be heard.


Silence Speaks.         *        Stillness lives.


''Be the change you wish to see in the world.''


Peace.

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