Whilst tossing and turning in bed at some ungodly hour this morning a shocking reality hit me – I have been sitting here, dictating to the general public about what ‘should’ be done about the current state of South Africa’s political affairs, without actually doing ANYTHING myself.
Not once have I stepped away from my precious keyboard in my air-conditioned room and stepped out onto the streets to see what is going on for myself. I walk to class without even noticing that the sidewalks were swept, by people who feed their entire families with the same amount of money I spend on booze each month, whilst I lay soundly asleep in my nice warm bed. I calmly toss away the twenty cents the cashier gave me without realizing that some people collect those coins so that they may be able to catch a train home this evening.
How can I be so blind? How dare I sit here and blog about the harsh realities others face and yet contribute to the very fact that they face those realities?
It needs to change, desperately. It is high time I got involved.
My blog will not make a difference in South Africa. It will not save a girl from being raped in a township I’ve never heard of. It will not save a child from a school where there are no textbooks and under qualified teachers. It will not save Eskom from building more coal power stations when they should be looking at green energy and biofuels.
It is time for us all to take a deep look at ourselves and make the decision to make a difference.
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