[congressman]

I don't worry about politics and get all worked up over them. There's nothing I can do to change them.

Unless you just don't care, you CAN do something about it... You can still do things to change the world. And its just that, changing the world. Because this nation sets the standard, and the entire world is watching. And I urge you to do just that. I would rather someone oppose everything that I'm for with EVERYTHING they have in them.. than to sit back and allow my voice to be heard without as much as a peep from them.

Look, I understand the frustration that often occurs with politics, and you feel like its unchangeable, and your voice doesn't matter. But the fact is, government is elected by the people, and just as easily as it was made the way it is, and it can be revived, reformed, and restored to what you want and believe it should be. You just gotta be willing to put yourself out there and say the things that others are afraid to say, listen to the things that other are afraid to hear, and attempt the things that others are afraid to try. Ronald Reagan said it perfectly, "The future doesn't belong to the faint-hearted.. its belongs to the brave." So if you can vote, do. If you can give time, or money.. donate it. And if you have a voice, or a thought.. share it. If you do these things, the only thing you'll find that you regret.. is not doing it often enough. There's no shame in losing a political battle... but there's great shame in not fighting it to begin with, because you were afraid of failure.. As Obama said in one of the greatest speeches ever given by a public figure, (his address to the nations school children earlier this year), ".. You must not let your failures define you; instead, let them teach you."

WC11, I dunno who you are, what background you come from, or what your political philosophy is.. but I can tell you without a doubt, your voice matters. You can reshape the entire world... I am convinced that the voice of the single individual, such as yourself, can and will drown out the silence of millions.

And when you doubt your success, rely on that inner voice that tells you to keep pushing.

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the entire staircase.. just take that first step!" Martin Luther King, Jr.