Thursday, January 26, 2017

971 - Resistance is Necessary


Poets United Midweek Motif : Change

Resistance is Necessary

We are influenced—
Family, friends, the press.
But we can resist.

Yes, we can listen.
They can put forward their case;
That’s all they can do.

It may not sit well.
Afterwards we can assess.
Change is optional.
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© J Cosmo Newbery 2017
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10 comments:

  1. "Change is optional" So true! Everything is a choice we make.

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  2. Resistance is necessary - sometimes futile but always needed.

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  3. I'm not sure change is optional. How do we avoid it? Sometimes it feels like being dragged--despite kicking and screaming--right into the abyss. O, that's your point, isn't it? Maybe actively resisting certain changes is our only moral choice.

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  4. Changing ourselves to aid and abet a dangerous agenda: that is certainly optional.

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  5. "Change is optional" - Great ending (or beginning)

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  6. It is a choice. Change or tolerate the status quo.

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  7. "Change is optional."..true to some extent...

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  9. Change is optional... that's so true.

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