Moral Dilemmas

A dilemma that each of us may undoubtedly face, and one that requires we look inwardly to reflect on core values.

If someone took something of mine, and demanded my silence I already know it would be their biggest mistake. Firstly, because after much introspection, I know I am a vocal advocate for intervention when I see violent oppression occurring. Because this is a core truth I chose to adopt as a principle morale in my life – there is no justifiable way I could remain silent in the face of such adversity. Which is something I’ve demonstrated in application myself.

If my vocal interjection that this is mine, and you will not take it from me is not enough to deter the person – the only practical thing left to is to remove it from them because if they have already taken possession of the thing getting it back requires having the same audacity as the attacker. Granted that may be something that escalates things, but the moment a person has laid a hand on anything to take it from someone else without their consent they have committed violence. If someone has the audacity to force you to be silent after stealing from you – then tyranny has been unleashed and there is only one ethical solution to deterring it because compliance is violence that will lead to more people experiencing the same and those whom are committing the act to become emboldened by the ideal of power and absolute power equals absolute corruption, hence why opening your mouth to speak when witnessing something like this is a critical moment.

Those whom seek to oppress people rely on their fear of repercussions and retaliation from them in order to continue perpetuating violence upon a people. If we do not speak up to stop this at the moment of its rising then we risk multiple persons being abused, and possibly even losing their lives due to it. It never stops with just one person, and every time it is permitted the guaranteed result is that more and more people will be taken from, silenced, and disappeared by those whom have assumed complete control of them.

I refuse to stay silent, and come from a lineage of people who fight for their freedom – a trait I am willing to take to the grave if I ever need to be the protector of a people or place due to threat of another stealing it from me, having nearly been run over three times during peaceful protesting meant to defend the innocent and to be a voice for those who have none, I can say I’ve done this before and though this has occurred I still know that courage is not the absence of fear but rather stepping forward to face things head on in spite of it.

"To be a Brave Means you Must be Equal Parts Warrior and Healer." © Sai Marie Johnson

I wrote this in hopes that people will see what is going on in the world around them and be inspired to make an active difference in it. You have more power than you perceive yourself to have.

You only lose your rights and your power when you consent to those trying to force it - they cannot take anything away unless you allow them to do so.

Sometimes, life requires that we stand up and face adversity head-on, and the irony is when we do that we grow more into who we were always meant to be.

Never dilute yourself.