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Got me thinking

May 11, 2012

My interview yesterday with feminist and activist Gloria Feldt (former CEO and head of Planned Parenthood) got me thinking. What is it, or perhaps a better query is WHY is it that so many of us hold such back seat energy to such important issues? I found, during my preparing for my interview with Gloria, myself feeling outraged by many of the dismal statistics about women and power. Today, as I reviewed my emails and browsed through the news once again I found myself shaking my head and pondering why the hell are so many of us sitting by, doing nothing, when so much that is taking place in the world is just plain WRONG?
How is it that we can bypass overt cruetly, to anyone, or anything? How is it that we tolerate such criminal behavior by our elected politicians, and corporate powerhouses? What is the almighty power that seems to crush, at times instantly, anyone or any group that dares to rise up in protest?
Life, at times, seems like a cruel joke. So much beauty and potential happiness for so many and yet so much despair, hardship and struggle, too often being the norm in damn near every household.
So I ask, YOU. What holds you back from protesting, in any way, in some way, those things that you have come to realize are wrong, unjust and illegally bestowed upon us. Are we all really that afraid?

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