By: Travis McGee
Who’s coming to save us? If our answer doesn’t include us, we really are in serious trouble. When I say save us, I mean by choosing commonsense over nonsense. We often give every one a chance other than ourselves. In a political driven world, we can’t afford to not be proactively informed and involved at the same time. The consequences of not being involved/ informed can be both severe and ex- pensive to say the least.
Even though our houses here in Houston, Tx been on fire we still have to convince people that they are on fire before we can organize them enough to put the fires out. Convincing someone that their house is on fire sounds strange because they should see the same flames and smoke as you, but most are waiting to be saved vs trying to save themselves. The worst part about saving ourselves is everyone don’t want to be saved and if you spend too much time in a burning building trying to save them you may not make it out either.
As long as our only focus is on the White House which is 1,400 miles away, our houses will continue to burn. Saving ourselves start locally just like everything else. We have to hold everyone accountable starting with Self. We allow Politics, clout chasers, gatekeepers, and etc. to keep the fires going, because sadly those are the only titles most listen to even though time and time again, they have proven to be about themselves and money, somewhat like Jim Jones. The people didn’t die from listening to Jim Jones they died from believing him.
If you look around our neighbor- hoods, communities, and city as a whole you will quickly see the need to Save Our Selves, however it can’t be done unless the masses choose to Saves Our Selves vs waiting to be res- cued by the same people that helped start the fire in the first place. Whether its lack of representation, gentrification, or taxation we are being” SOLD OUT, everyone is getting paid while we not paying attention. Until we are willing to make a sacrifice to Save Our Selves our communities will continue to be the sacrififice. We can’t Save Everybody, but we should be trying to save somebody even if that Somebody is yourself…
