Persuasive+Letter

Dear Community,

Sameness keeps everything covered and safe. It may keep you from wrong choices, but the safety of a caged bird not worth the price of its freedom. Have you not noticed how gray and dull your lives are? It is the green of a bud on a tree in springtime that gives you the energy to begin anew. But to you, the concepts of color and seasons are lost, buried buried far beneath the Sameness of your lives. The landscape you dwell on is flat and dreary. Your tamed hearts do not long for the majestic mountains or the quiet valleys below. You do not hear the music that makes the heart of men soar and plants a vivid image of vibrant color in their minds. You also do not have grandparents, but buried deep in the crevasses of their ancient and tired faces are stories and memories of the distant past. They can both inspire and instruct us. You do not know weather, but you need to have rain to have a rainbow. Without a storm, you cannot have fresh snow, mountain streams, or a fresh feeling of renewal. You do not know emotion. It may fill you with immense joy or deep sorrow, great love or large loss, but along the way it propels you to do extraordinary things: to give to those in need, to achieve accomplishments never done before, and to be kind to the people around you. These things provide you with the wonderful feeling of satisfaction. You need to reject Sameness and get to know color, weather, music, emotion, geography and memory. This will make the world you a better place.

--Emma