My goal in life is to breach ignorance in a determined pursuit to find unvarnished truth. Undeniably, ignorance is the first line of defense when any issue arises amidst conversation. I feel uneasy when I am made aware of the chronic community issues that exist right before my eyes---mostly because I know at its core it will call me to change the way in which I live. I ask myself, "Where have you been, Beth?" And at the same time, I am so grateful to those who long to fuel this awareness to people--those, who deeply yearn to integrate their values into actions, whatever the cost. Thank you, God, that we have the ability to teach one another, to stimulate a sustained awareness to people who want to actively participate in this life. Let us not grow weary in doing this!
This is not a revolution, a postmodern movement nor a period of reform, rather, this is a way of thinking transformed into a way of living. What will you do when the knowledge and truth you come to acquire does not delineate an easy way of living that you had so readily prescribed for yourself? What do you want? These truths may be inconvenient, cumbersome, and absurd to instill such vast measures of change, but again, what do you REALLY want? I can't stand for whatever is true and noble and right, and then be stifled and smitten to coward back to the peachy clean lifestyle of sheer ignorance. I may try to, which sometimes I do, but ultimately, how can I? As GK Chesterton said once in his remarkable book, "A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it." What do you want?
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