THE INSPIRATION FOR CHANGE

“Our generation’s fears of what’s lurking in the shadows of Change made Failure, Poverty, Rejection, and Violence our closest companions. But that was before Pain became greater than our individual fears of what follows seasons of Change. Until Pain inspired us to face our biggest fears and embrace Change, the strong and weak alike felt content to strike the same defiant pose behind our silent and violent peers just to avoid Rejection. But our vain efforts to avoid the inevitable failed. Without Pain to inspire Change, we found no reason to conquer our fear of Failure due to our constant failure to overcome Fear. Minus the inspiration for Change, our socially alienated souls never negated what emotionally divided the blended extended families of humanity’s global village from within.

Without Pain, nobody became strong enough to rise above the rim of self-imposed limitations just as the previous generations who never overcame their addiction to Pleasure. So, the weakest of the weak failed to become bold enough to speak those things that are not as though we had already achieved what our peers believed was impossible. Alas, it didn’t take long before the weakest of the strong forfeited the right to make better choices once Fear silenced our voices. Imagine how hopeless the weakest of the weak felt after hearing the rumor, half-truth, and true lie that only the strongest of the strong would survive the longest.

Nevertheless, Pain and Change kept working together for good until our generation realized that we could trust God without reservation. With all humility, we asked the Almighty to give us the strength we needed to beat impossible odds. So God made us struggle until the weakest of the weak became strong enough to keep risin’ after every fall. We kept embracing Change until we overcame the same fears you’re facing during your dark nights of the soul when all appears lost. Can you imagine how peaceful the world became once our generation stopped repeating the self-defeating cycle of self-destruction you’re trying to break?”

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