The President is smarter than me.  That is so comforting…

I don’t know if change has come for you, but I’ve had three quarters in my pocket for a week now.  Of course that could be because I got a job.  What if we DO change?

Just because it’s not christmas time any more, you can still be nice to your fellow woman or man.  People are poor and hungry.  Your generosity and spirit of giving can continue. 

Find a way to do you.  Put some time aside for that thing that makes you feel alive.  Forget about the idea of money for a second and do something that makes you fizz.  More happy people equals more happy people, get it? 

Don’t tolerate the bullwinkle that has kept our country in the past for years.  Just because your friend loves hip-hop and thinks he’s black, you don’t have to put up with his n word usage.  Just because you are sitting around with the guys, you don’t have to trivialize women.  Just because you don’t have as much money as someone else, don’t hate them for it.  Put this old-minded hate game back on the damn shelf.  Then burn the shelf to soot.  If YOU aren’t racist, and YOU aren’t sexist, or ageist or classist or any of the stupid backwards thinking -ists that hold us back from growing as a people (yes, as a people. whether you like it or not, you are not alone here), SAY SOMETHING.  Just try it.  You’re not scared are you? 

My friend Buddy always says, “You know what I like best about life?  We’re all here at the same time.”

Sounds a bit silly at first, but let it sink in for a few days.  I guess you can make a choice.  Right now, as you read this.  You can chose to close this tab, go back to checking your email or facebook or pretend to do homework or office work, and live your life like YOU are the thing.  YOU are the goal.  It’s all about you.  Your family, Your money, Your house, Your car, Your job, Your friends, Your mood.  Your life.

Or you can chose to revolt this new year.  A new year’s Revolution.  Don’t freak out, it won’t be bad.  It may be the hardest thing you have ever done, though.  All religions speak of being good to one another. Coincidence?   You, World, YOU can change.  You think a smart president will change YOU?  You think a black president will change the hearts of the ignorant and racist?  If only it was that easy.

Make a choice.  Keep going.  Work for that pie in the sky, that picket fenced yard, that new motorcycle, that diamond, that life you think will bring you happiness.

Or do something to make this place better than it was when you got here.  Speak up, hell, stand up for things.  Help someone out.  Don’t perpetuate the old mentalities and die in a world that is cold and fearful, never waivering it’s old foggy eye from climbing that ladder of so-called success and comfort.  If we weren’t stepping on each other’s weaknesses to get ourselves ahead, could we together come up with an idea for all?

I love the fact that the president is smarter than me.  Make a choice.  I made my choice.  I don’t give a shit how much money I have when I die.  I want to do something real.  You do too.  Don’t be scared.