
Many of us point outward—at politicians, systems, institutions, “them.” But anger, when left unexamined, becomes a mirror we refuse to look into.
It’s no accident that the song Man in the Mirror by Michael Jackson still resonates decades later. Its message was never about blame—it was about ownership.
Not because politicians are innocent.
Not because systems are fair.
But because change does not begin where we think it does.

Politicians are being consistent. They always have been.
What’s more uncomfortable to admit is this:
So are we.
We repeat the same conversations.
Consume the same outrage.
Expect different outcomes without changing who we are being in the world.
If you want different, don’t just do different.
Be different.

Anger is energy. Raw, powerful, and directional.
Left unchecked, it corrodes.
Redirected, it creates.
Anger can become:
The question isn’t whether you’re angry.
The question is what you’re building with it.

We keep demanding servant leaders from institutions while refusing to practice servant leadership in our own lives.
But leadership doesn’t start with a title.
It starts with behavior.
It starts with:
It starts closer than you think.

Here’s a simple, radical invitation:
Once every seven days, introduce yourself to a neighbor.
One day.
One conversation.
One human connection.
No agenda.
No politics.
No debates.
Just presence.
Rebuilding humanity doesn’t begin in government buildings.
It begins on sidewalks, porches, grocery store aisles, and shared fences.

Systems don’t collapse because people stop believing.
They collapse when people remember who they are.
Anger redirected becomes courage.
Courage practiced becomes leadership.
Leadership embodied becomes change.
The mirror is still there.
Waiting.
And the most powerful revolution you’ll ever participate in
starts the moment you decide to look—and act—differently.
Reconnect. Redirect. Remember.
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