Can we talk for a minute? It is no secret that our country is a mess right now. There are people fighting on so many fronts for basic rights, personal liberties, parental rights, and for justice. There are people fighting against racism (something we should all abhor), face masks, 5G, Trump, vaccine mandates, and censorship. There are people fighting to expose corruption, fighting for truth, and taking on powerful entities that make up a deep state that prior to covid-19, was believed to be pure conspiracy theory. It seems as though we all have a collective role to play in advocating for something greater than ourselves...at least I think so?
Seven years ago when I first started blogging, I had a passion to educate others and to be used for a greater good. I couldn't wait to find my "calling," and knew that it would be exciting. As a Christian, I couldn't wait to be on the front lines of whatever it was that God wanted me to do and to fulfill whatever super awesome purpose I was put on this earth for:
Through adopting I was sure that I would be part of healing a racial divide. Through running an NGO in Africa, I was sure I was going to chip away at the root causes of poverty. As a divorced christian woman, I was sure I could help correct a very misplaced stigma. As a single parent, I thought I would be part of advocating for a growing class of people who are drowning in life and desperate for services. With a law degree, I felt I could make the world a little less unjust. As a blogger, I felt I could highlight issues and educate others on a scale so large that it could actually effectuate change (and it has) -- until censorship. As an entrepreneur with her own supplement line, I felt I could help people become the healthiest version of themselves.
And now I sit in this place where I've been strategically placed to fight CPS corruption...and this is the absolute last calling I would have ever chosen for myself, I have probably submitted at least 400 requests to receive a new one -- something safer with a little less retaliation involved perhaps?
To be honest, it's more comfortable to be safe. It's more blissful to be ignorant. It's easier to sit on the sidelines and let everyone else do the heavy lifting. It's more ideal to have a calling with no risk involved -- where you'll only gain and never lose. It's "safer" to stick to talking about subjects among friends and family that won't get you labeled, and only post on social media from the small list of subjects that are "censorship safe"... but that's not what you were born to do, and I think you know that.
Allow the haters to be your motivation, the lies to be your muse, and take the risk involved in stepping out of yourself and into your calling -- whether that's to peacefully protest, rally at the state capitol on a Sunday when your elected officials are trying to sneak in a bill, starting a business, advocating for change, exposing corruption, removing your mask at a Costco, or fighting for your rights, their rights, or your children. Develop ways to circumvent the barriers placed in your path, and resolve yourself to pursuing what is right no matter what it takes.
Nobody ever said it would be easy -- but if you're placed in a position of being able to do something...don't let anything or anyone keep you from doing it.
Love, Megan
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