Would You Change

We rise from the passions that are born from the fertile ground of our life experience.  The students of Parkland are RISING, and I am in admiration of them.  Peter Wang died in his JROTC uniform while holding a school door open so classmates and faculty could escape. Wang was one of 17 people gunned down during the shooting.  Beyond heartbreaking.  What a beautiful soul.  Speak up and give back, our students NEED us.  Our country needs us.  Here are a few ways you can help promote change on the gun control issue:

• Read this: "How the Parkland students started a movement when it took on gun violence.  Here's how it happened."
• Ensure your children participate in the National Walk-Out for Anti Gun Violence and help organize this walk-out at your children's school.
• Read and understand the issues and figure out exactly where you stand.
• Two doors in every classroom.
• Do not support businesses who are partnered with the NRA.
• Vote out politicians who continue to remain passive on gun control and take money from the NRA.

The lyrics of this Tracy Chapman song, "Change" are powerful.  Listen to the song, and read the lyrics here:

Change, by Tracy Chapman

If you knew that you would die today
If you saw the face of God and Love
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that love can break your heart
When you're down so low you cannot fall
Would you change?
Would you change?

How bad how good does it need to get?
How many losses how much regret?
What chain reaction
What cause and effect
Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain
Makes you forgive and forget
Makes you change
Makes you change

If you knew that you would be alone
Knowing right being wrong
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you knew that you would find a truth
That brings a pain that can't be soothed
Would you change?
Would you change?

How bad how good does it need to get?
How many losses how much regret?
What chain reaction
What cause and effect
Makes you turn around
Makes you try to explain
Makes you forgive and forget
Makes you change
Makes you change

Are you so upright you can't be bent
if it comes to blows
Are you so sure you won't be crawling
If not for the good why risk falling
Why risk falling

If everything you think you know
Makes your life unbearable
Would you change?
Would you change?
If you'd broken every rule and vow
And hard times come to bring you down
Would you change?
Would you change?

If you knew that you would die today
If you saw the face of God and Love
Would you change?
Would you change? 

Songwriters: Tracy L Chapman

Change lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

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