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I may not be able to hear as well as you

but how many of you actually try and listen

I may not be able to see as well as you

but how many of you actually use that vision

I may not be able to be as steady on my feet as you

but how many of you get drunk, stagger home and or drive

I may not have the same physical strength as you

but how many of you actually use their strengths

I may not have the same beliefs and values as you

but how many so you have the courage and conviction

 

You don’t need to be able bodied to be enable you to really

listen to your colleagues, friends or neighbours

You don’t need to be able bodied to enable you to make sense of all

that goes on around you

You don’t need to have full mobility to be equipped to

run your life and provide stability

You don’t need full physical or mental capabilities to enable

yourself and those around you

You don’t need specific beliefs or values

To equip you to function within communities

 

So who in society has the right to question

our communication capabilities

So who in society has the right to say that

you don’t provide the strength and stability to all

So who in society has the right to

label us in some way within a neat box

So who in society has the right to choose

where and when our future lies

So who in society has the right to imprint their

sets of morals on us, expecting compliance

 

How do you know whether that door will open,
unless you try the handle? If you try the handle have you not made a choice?
How do you know where the last domino will fall,
once the first is toppled? If you do not know what is around the corner why not take that chance
How do you know a barrier really exists just because
society tells you it does? If you say a barrier exists, then it does.
How do you know whether it is better to answer the question,
or to question the answer? If a question forms on your lips then you already have the answer.

Aren’t there are enough barriers forced upon by those that

demand conformity

Aren’t there are enough edits that come from high

that restrict our movements

Aren’t there are enough people pulling in different

dangerous directions which waists resources

Aren’t there are enough people that try to forcibly influence

our values and morals

There are enough of us; that do listen, that can see, that are stable, that have the strength and conviction to collectively remove the danger of societies shackles

AREN’T THERE?