Imagine

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one.

Spent some time yesterday and today listening to some John Lennon on the anniversary of his assasination. I can't figure out if he'd laugh out loud at the absurdity or weep at the insanity.

A lot of people, especially at work, ask me why I'm so politically and passionate about my beliefs. My mom asks me that a lot as well. And I admit, that I question myself on that issue as well. Does it make sense to worry so much about the direction the world is headed? Does it really do any good for me to spend any energy to worry about the environment and lives of people overseas and even the lives of people in other states and the next town over.

I'm glad that my dad played Lennon for me when I was growing up, so I don't feel hopelessly alone in my hope for a better world. I may not agree with Lennon's politics, or my dad's anymore, but that doesn't stop me from agreeing that it's better to act and dream, because for all of my immediate skepticism, I'm a helpless optimist in the end, and I'm going to act, because it truly is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.