This country was founded on the principal that everyone should be involved in the running of the country. Since then we have let our government get so big that a lot of us feel like we have little say in its running.
I am here to tell you that's not true. We each have a voice and there are those that will listen. It is part of your responsibility as a member of a free society to be involved. It is part of your duty as a member of a free society to be actively involved in your community. If you are angry with something in you local, state, or central government or in society you don't like, then don't just sit around a gripe about it. Write a letter! Its easier the ever with the internet. Write your local paper or politician, hell you can write the president or most anyone else and its so easy with email.
This really works! In the past I was part of a writing campaign and boycott that changed the way they fish for tuna to reduce deaths of Dolphins. I have had 2 letters published by USA TODAY! If an amateur like me can get a letter published or be part of a movement that changes the way an industry does things then so can you!
"I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. "
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine
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