Welcome

I would like to officially WELCOME all of you to my blog, Angel G.'s Writings!! A place to provoke and challenge thoughts and action in the world! The place to DISCUSS issues from all angles, and from all perspectives. 

I am a writer at heart, but I am not satisfied with just throwing out my opinion superficially. Seems we have enough of that already, don't you think? What good does it really do?! 
= ) And, I am too excited to get to know all of you in the process! 

The previous 7 posts were challenges given by the talented Alex Beadon. A great opportunity to take advantage of and start something I had been considering for quite a while. I opened myself up a little bit in different areas, showing you pieces of me... 

BUT NOW is the beginning!! What I'd like to do is pierce into the thick layer of accumulated bandages that have been covering up wounds for way too long. I think it is about time to expose them, and allow them to heal from the inside out. Don't you? 

No matter who you are and where you are at, in any aspect of life, I know you have to be seeing, hearing, feeling things that are just not right in our world. If you don't, you are deluding yourself, and it isn't cute. 

That's like never brushing your teeth. Maybe now and then you'll care to take out a toothbrush. But then, all of a sudden, you start losing all your teeth, rotting from the inside out. You can't eat like you used to and life is hard. Why did this have to happen? How did this happen?!

I'm just saying, does it really do anyone, including yourself, any good to remain comfortable and distracted? Willingly believing lies because it makes you feel better; like those from an unfaithful lover? (You know he's just saying that to fuck you and go straight to the next girl, right?)

I will be posting every Wednesday. Throughout the week, we can discuss any and all agreements, disagreements, suggestions, rants, encouragements, etc. in the comments. Please don't be shy, and I ask that you all be courteous and respectful to one another. No one is faced with the same issue in the same way as another person. We should be understanding and respond to each other wisely... = ) I know I live in a "fantasy world," but this is what I'd like to ask of you. I will greatly appreciate it. 

For this first week, my question for you is:

Do you vote?

Why or why not?

*Right now, I am not eligible to vote due to my record, but I have voted in the past. When I did vote, I felt like my vote was insignificant since it seems that the "powers that be" get their way anyway. Despite my feelings about it, I did feel it was my responsibility to put my "two cents" in. That changed for me when I was pleasantly surprised by a regulation that was being put into effect that touched the lives of my loved ones. I felt that my vote put some weight on it, no matter how insignificant it was. And I can only imagine how much different it would have been if I didn't vote that day, or the others who shared my vote.