Why me?

My salvation comes from me.

No one is going to fix this but us. The people in power created this mess - how could they possibly understand how to change it? They are waiting for us to standUP for ourselves. This is the purpose of all darkness: liberation.

We have a choice before us. We can continue down the path we're on, or we can create another. In order to keep moving down the first, we must keep expecting someone else to save us. To start another, we must realize that it is your own self, that you are waiting for.

All of human history leads us to this point. Looking back, we can see the age of kings dwindle to its destrucion - ahead we see the birth of a new era, or we quite literally see nothing at all. Everything is at stake with this choice, our earth will not survive us. It's that serious. Our way of life is not only dying but it is dragging all life with it.

The time has come to standUP.

Stop waiting for the savior, for the politician, for the mayor to fix this for us. They won't. That's not their purpose. The entire world is waiting for you to come of age, this age - the age when-the-people-came-together. And it's easy. It's the one thing you've always wanted to do. You've had dreams of glory and heaven - let's make it! Let's do it! We can and we will!

But our current system does not allow this to happen. We must change the system. It's not about republican or democrat or socialist. It's about the ability to change course, to learn from mistakes, to reflect the evolution of society. We must enter into the process. The People must be a part of the conversation.

Mia Jacobson for King County Council 2015.