Often throught my life, I need to step back and reevaluate my priorities; reflect on why I do what I do. This sounds cliche and much of it is, but then again, cliche statements and behaviors consistently hold an uncomfortable amount of truth.
To say that I don't know much about politics is an understatement. I have never had much interest in it and have not really been party to much of the hullabaloo. I have voted when it was my time to vote and I probably knew slightly more than the average individual, just due to the osmosis of my friends' and family's intellectual conversations around me. But I was mostly in the dark, and I liked it that way.
Unfortunately, I have been barraged, like most of us have, by a political onslaught this year. For me it has been unavoidable since my new job surrounds me with coworkers that talk politics everyday in the office. I sit and listen and throw my ignorant two cents in from time to time. It's really interesting to me and I find myelf being stirred more and more by the current political situation.
Today, I stumbled upon this blog post while searching for music on one of my underground music websites. It was written by a person like me who has always been on the political outskirts and it spoke about how the author fell into the trap of making politics a bigger priority than loving your neighbor. It hit home for me and it sparked my inspiration to write this post. Click here to read the article. I highly recommend it.
I hope it helps you reset your focus as it did for me. Enjoy.
2 comments:
Wow, well said...thanks for sharing the article!
That was good.
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