Just a Little Bit More
Remember when you were a kid, and your mom told you it was time to come in from outside playing or time to go to bed, and you would say:
“Just five more minutes!”
We always wanted just a little bit more.
That’s something that continues on into adulthood.
You get a job, you get a decent pay but, after a while, you want just a little bit more.
It’s something that can ruin you when gambling. You might win a bunch of money, but then you get to thinking you’d like just a little bit more.
It’s always just a little bit more that we want.
Somehow, however, people can’t seem to fathom that politicians are just the same.
They see nothing but altruistic motives behind “their” guy (or gal).
But, they’re no different.
They see the power they have and, maybe at first, they’ll use it wisely. But then, after a while, they want just a little bit more.
And, if they have to power to do this, why can’t they do just a little bit more?
And, the thing is, people don’t pay attention. They only see things that are taken away from them a big lot at a time.
You might have a nice hill in your yard. A nice little mound where you put your favorite flowers every year. And then, one year, you notice that the mound just isn’t as high as it used to be. You’d go out there, year after year, planting your flowers. You’d enjoy it year after year. Each year, erosion from rainfall and digging critters and from the soil stuck to your knees and gardening tools eats away at your mound.
But, you don’t notice.
You only notice when the mound appears much smaller than it was before.
And so it is with everything. The politicians take power a little at a time. Often, it’s a game to them. Fail today? Try again tomorrow. Hard to stem the tide. If you argue that your rights are being taken away a little at a time, you’re laughed off as silly or extremist. People are looking at the mound and seeing a big mound still. They don’t see the bits and pieces going away.
You can move a mountain, one rock at a time. It may take a very long time, but it will eventually get moved. Eventually, you get tired of chasing away the rock carriers. The mountain will be there for you. What’s a few rocks? Let your grandkids worry about that, right? You don’t have time to keep chasing away the rock carriers all the time, right?
And, that’s what they count on. If you have patience, you can seize power without a fight. You can do so by moving one little rock at a time. Who’ll notice a rock gone from the mountainside?
Until, one day, you look up and the mountain just isn’t as big as it used to be.
Of course, you don’t need to start a fight either. Just grab a friend and put back two rocks for every rock that is taken. With patience, you’ll keep that mountain and maybe even make it a little bigger.
Aint no mountain high enough