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In a world where you can have anything, you choose not to have the most important thing: a voice. You let people speak for you. Are you a sheep that follows because it's a trend? Or are you a wolf just following for a time. You see, the world is filled with leaders and followers. The followers have a voice, which they use with great pride to bring light to various issues that plague our society. Now I can tell that I got your attention! You want to know what issues I speak of. Well, sit down and let me tell you. For starters it's the lack of physical contact between people, you see people as a whole are too plugged in they don't get out anymore like they used to. They rather just sit around and waste away while they watch their favorite thing whatever it may be at the moment on a device of their choosing. Now it sounds like fun having anything you want to watch at your fingertips, but I assure it's not! Because people seek social interaction and a screen does provide that, but it's not enough for a person to be fulfilled. Then you have a system of laws and people that contradict each other at every turn telling you this person or that person is spreading lies, and these people have done something horrendous. Now I assure you that some things are correct, but for the most part, it's just smoke and mirrors. They want you to follow and be mindless. Now that's where the term sheep comes in.
You see people follow because some do not have a will or mind of their own and just do it because it is a trend. Well, it will lead you nowhere, in fact in most cases the followers get lost until something new comes along for them to latch to. So it's always better to have a voice and to speak out and be heard. Because that's how the changes start. The great leaders of our world have never shied away from an unpopular opinion. In fact, they yelled it from the mountain tops so everyone could hear them. This sparked a movement by some that knew things had to change, but unfortunately, some things still remain the same, and that's why the free thinkers continue to fight the good fight against those who would rather live in the past.
Where one side is the right side instead of all parties being the right side. Because at the end of the day, everyone is the same regardless of what brought them here. So instead of being that sheep get up and get out. Speak up and shout because this world needs a lot of changing, and we, as humans, have the power to bring about change, and as we breathe life into this world by creation. Everything new deserves the opportunity to grow into something beautiful. I know life can be hard at times, but it is a cycle and a very hard one at that. But everyone has someone out there waiting for them. We are never truly alone! We are meant to find that someone, and when we do that's when we come together and make this world a better place for all, despite the vast majority of different opinions we can make this world great again. We all deserve that, so remember love and peace are the things that make us strong and as long as we all have that we really have nothing to lose. So love thy self, love thy family, love thy friend, and most important of all love thy neighbor.
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Mark lewis [bitwima]
I'm a published indie author from New Jersey who loves to read and write. I have a children's book called new friend found that was published in 2013 available in physical and ebook format find me on Twitter @bitwima
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