a little dose of truth

sometimes socially conscious people
need to take a step back
and remember that social change
always, ALWAYS begins with self.
and as much as they want others
to take on the same ideologies and
practices,
imposition of these thoughts and practices on others
is certainly not the way to go.

they need to take a step back
and remember that changing someone's
viewpoint to affect social change
also takes time and patience
and can be adversely affected
by too much imposition of one's viewpoint.

learning to look at and treat the world
through socially conscious lenses
requires guidance, lots of room to grow
and cannot be achieved
by constant judgement of that individual.

but socially conscious people sometimes forget,
sometimes get too caught up
in how they think the world should be
without fully appreciating
what it takes to get there.
they forget that they are not perfect,
because they are too high up on their
soap box/pedestal casting judgement
upon others
and fail to be more introspective and critical
of themselves.

so, stop, dammit!
take a fucking look at yourself for once,
and stop being so damn critical of everyone
who is not like you.
have a little fucking compassion
and recognize that you have no right
to judge.
you are not entitled.
and entitlement isn't just practiced by the so called "priveleged", i might add.
and by the way, your constant nagging to make the "right" choices
really annoys the shit out of me,
so back the fuck up.

how else is the world going to change
if you continue to perpetuate
the same ugliness that you claim to be against?

seriously, wake up and smell your own shit....it stinks just like everyone else's.

sincerely,
your fellow socially conscious friend