Yesterday I had to go to school to take a placement test for my college that I will be attending. Apart of the test was writing an essay about should we be unique or go with society? It got me thinking about so much. Should we just go with the flow or should we be different and stand out?
I started to realize that we wouldn't be America without those from history and now if they hadn't dared to stand out and be different. When our founding fathers signed they didn't know if we would win or not. They had no idea how things were going to pan out. What they did know was they had no official army or government, they had little to no weapons. They were outnumbered by a lot. They were going against the most powerful country at the time. If they signed and they lost they would lose everything! They would lose their wealth, their good name, their land, they would likely be killed. So knowing what they knew why did they sign, after all it had to have been so scary knowing what they knew? They signed because in spite of everything they knew they were doing the right thing. Many times in life doing the right thing will be the hardest thing we could ever do, but it's still right. As we do what is right God will bless us. After all God did bless our struggling country because of our founding fathers. They did win and God prepared a country and people who would restore the gospel.
What would have happened if Rosa Parks hadn't refused to get up for a white person to sit? It was law for those who were colored to give up their seats to those who were white. Laws were not fair or equal in her day. Society was very wrong but she made a choice that landed her in jail. Why did she do it knowing that it was law? Was it that she was lazy or was there something more at play? I honestly believe that she was standing up for herself and those who were thought as less in society. Martin Luther King Jr taught to stand up but do it in a peaceful manner. His speach I have a dream has gone down in history because in a day and society that he was viewed as less he stood up in a peaceful manner. He never got mean even though he was treated as trash instead what he wanted was peace and fairness for everyone. May we stand up for what we believe no matter how hard it might be to do so. May we be leaders in our communities. May we never be ashamed to be ourselves and to bring hope and the savior in such a dark world.
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