Today what i share with you is something that was shared with me. A hard truth for me to swallow, but swallow i did, and i am all the better for it. 

When i first started truly sharing what i believed about the world i mostly had criticisms to share. Criticisms of our government, our ruling parties, and of the church. Criticisms that i was not quiet about.
In my duelist framework i had been taught from birth, as all Americans are, as was reinforced in my church, and in my school, i believed the only option to correct these evils was to brazenly and openly condemn them. That was either a part of the problem or the fixer of the problem.
I thought if only they could learn some humility and decency and i will be the one to show people that. 

A friend, who i respect immensely, contacted me in private and in half scorn, half concern told me to stop. I helped no one with my criticism. That if i was truly that hurt by the whole thing why wasn't i doing anything. After all who better than the person who noticed the problem? 

It has taken me nearly a year to fully grasp the gravity of his statements. That while he simply spoke of the church, this really applied to everything.
That instead of simply tearing down i will build. 

Grace and Peace.