Remaining True

At my ripe old age, I still find myself struggling to remain true to who I am. No, there’s no risk of me sliding off into a world of drugs and debauchery as you might see in the movies. That’s not what I’m talking about. More for me it’s being willing to communicate what I see from where I’m sitting looking at things, despite the consequences (either real or imagined).

It’s so easy to go with the flow of things around us when we really don’t want to, because not doing so might cause upset, or even loss of friendship (or at least we fear it might).

Though I’ve done pretty well walking my own path through my life so far, there have been plenty of times I walked the path that better agreed with those around me, usually to my own detriment and theirs.

And here I am leading the charge of a movement to help our country, and I’m still being challenged. Maybe I should be more partisan, more controversial, more brash and loud. It certainly seems that that type of behavior is rewarded with attention. But it doesn’t fit me. For me it feels like I would be perpetuating and validating all that I despise.

For better or for worse I refuse to play that game — being shocking, kinda dramatic, biting, attacking. I think that unless we start finding agreement amongst all sectors of our country, instead of focusing on what separates us all the time, our decline as a nation (as well as human beings) will accelerate.

I thank you for following along, believing in what we’re trying to do and supporting me in my vision of how we can and should pull this off.

In San Antonio, Texas.