Motivating Quotes to Take a Stand and Speak Up

Do you think I'm doing this for myself alone? I had told some Steemians months ago, that speaking up on serious issues comes with a risk and the hits of putting a target on your back for standing up. I had other plans and issues to tackle.

If I was only concerned about myself, then I would have just gone with the flow and rode my success by not making waves. This is about the betterment of the community. Some people get it, and are learning more about the issue. Information is required. Caring to learn is required. Let go of false conceptions about how things are "ok" just the way they are, or that there is no "right or wrong" when the "code" is involved. Get out of the chain of obedience. Imagine better.

Wrongs occurring are issues that a community is supposed to deal with together. That's how a real, true common-unity works. When people refuse to pay attention to learn about issues in their environment, they signal that they don't really care to figure it out and are just concerned with themselves. I've done it, I know. It's a lot easier to just keep focusing on what you can get, and avoiding the potential risks and losses of standing out as a whack-a-mole target.

Protruding against the level conformity makes one a target. This is how our attention works with the saliency of stimulus from our environment. Disturbing the accepted standards disturbs the false mask of "peace" in conformity to the issues at hand. Showing the nonconformity, inconsistency, and contradiction of an issue is not often welcome. The illusion of "good" and "order" pervades people's perceptions.

Not speaking up means other people's perceptions won't change because the information will not be present. The more people that speak up, the less it can be ignored off hand and dismissed. The more people that talk about something and explain it in many ways, the more chance other people can finally understand.

I'm not a "leader", I'm just leading the way, trying to teach people about psychology/consciousness, philosophy, morality, etc. We all need to lead ourselves and be leaders by evolving consciousness to understand more important things about ourselves and the world.

Thank you for your time and attention! I appreciate the knowledge reaching more people. Take care. Peace.

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2017-03-01, 5pm