Passion into Action

Written by Angelcdp on August 15, 2009

I was inspired to write this last night to post on a Michael Jackson forum. I don't know him personally, but I love what he stood for. I love his message. You don't have to like him to have this apply to you or to read it. It is for everyone.

Focus Focus Focus please..

On what is important

Let us not fall under all this weight of news reports from every angle meaning nothing.

You remember what Michael stood for right? You remember what all was so important to him? Let's continue on with his work.

Let us turn this anger into sadness

Let us turn this sadness into mourning

Let us turn this mourning into REMEMBRANCE

Let us turn the remembrance into ADMIRATION

Let us turn the admiration into INSPIRATION

Let us turn the inspiration into PASSION

Let us turn this passion into ACTION

Let us turn this action into CHANGE

and change into healing and caring and loving and reaching out

Healing for the world and every single person in it.

You know that if each person on this earth turned towards another to help them out, and that person would turn towards another to help, and so on and so on, there would be not one of us left behind. I don't want to hear how it isn't possible. It IS possible with action. it IS possible with love and with that first step.

We have to stop looking for a savior. We already got that. We need action now from every one of us. I don't care which Country you live in, what ethnicity you are, what religion you are, what age you are, what colour. We need a rainbow. We need us all.

Maybe we want answers. We want direction. We want a leader. We have to stop waiting for these things. We don't have time.

Why are we drawn to Michael? What do we love him for? It's not just the gold pants. We love him for all that he stood for. We love him for bringing us all together. Don't you want to make him proud? Don't you believe in what he was trying to tell the world? If you do, it's time to take action. Turn his dream into reality. Now is the next step. We've all heard the message. It's burned in our hearts.

Don't be afraid to reach out to help another. We can't keep getting stifled by fear. Now I don't mean anything stupid. You still have to be careful sure.. but people don't have to be the enemy. And often times those people are worth the sacrifice. They are worth taking a chance on, or just the act in and of itself is worth it. Yes sometimes we get burned, but to let that stop us is the tragedy. If Michael stopped caring after 1993, there would be so many who wouldn't have been helped. He helped so many people after then. And on top of that, he wouldn't have been such a great man. He would have been mediocre. I am glad he was great.

You have extra food in the fridge that you won't be eating? Go on and bring it to someone who is in need. Bring it to a single mom, or someone without a home. Sure there are scams and con artists, but we can't be afraid of the possibility of being taken advantage of. I want to help others. If you look inside your hearts, to hear his voice you might get it.

Just try listening. Look for a need. Do what you can to fill that need. You hear that small voice inside you urging you to phone someone from work who looked sad today, call them. You feel an urge to say hi to that lonely person sitting in the corner alone, go say hi, give them a smile. You want to donate those clothes in the back of your closet, go find someone in need, hand them over. You feel bad buying individually packaged food, start buying fresh. I mean.. really it can be that simple. We have to start somewhere right? The answer isn't in more consumption and greed. The answer isn't me me me. The answer is WE.