Just because you see people doing the same foolish thing, it doesn't mean that you have to follow.
Today, I learned to break the barrier. Barrier, according to the dictionary, is any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective. This can pertain to different things, such as fear, et al., which we usually encounter when we have a certain goal or dream. Why is breaking the barrier important? Allow me to have a case in point.
Romans 5:19 (New International Version)
19For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.
If we want the people around us to be righteous, just as we claim ourselves, we have to display the right attitude and actions, which we want others to follow. If we don't want the people to be corrupt, then, logically, we have to show the people how a person that is not corrupt works. Even in small things or actions, we have to let everyone, the conscious or the unconscious people, know our advocacy through actions.
Perhaps sometimes, fear, or the like, hinders us from doing such good things. But we should stand firm and break the barrier that hinders us from achieving our goal. We have to break that mindset (barrier) that small acts of kindness won't help in achieving peace in this world. We have to break our fears and express our sincerest emotions. Stop being a copycat. The Creator gave you your mind for you to be able to think and make decisions on your own, decisions which are subject to circumstances or approval. But now's time to break those barriers. Now's the time to stand on your own feet.
Remember this:
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. -N. Mandela
You fight for freedom and democracy and want it, yet, you abuse it. Don't be a barrier.
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