your voice is a gift

Yes, I'm back to that...
I've actually been dwelling on this thought for awhile now, why did God gift me with a voice if I was never going to use it?
Why is it so hard to follow through with convictions, take a stand for something, anything, believe you can actually make a difference?
I don't know for sure, but for me personally, I think it may be selfishness, maybe unintentional at that but still selfishness. If something is not right up in my face affecting me, I forget about it, I'm not driven to change. I'm not even talking about big things, even the smallest little things apply the same way.
So I read an article a few days ago that made me decide to not eat most brands of chocolate, because they are not fair trade. Children as young as five years old are working in the fields to supply us our chocolate addiction. (that is just me personally, the addicted part) So I decided I'm only going to eat chocolate that is not made this way, there is a list that I can't pronounce of chocolates that are OK to eat. I'm still looking into all this, I'm going to do some research, make some calls see what this is really all about, but until then I'm not going to eat it.
I know who cares, your not going to eat chocolate, I hope that at least with all the women that read this they understand this is a little bigger deal then it sounds, that is most ice creams i like, the good granola bars, hot cocoa, chocolate milk, mint chocolate is my absolute favorite standby, plus peanut butter and chocolate always makes a day better.
Most people never hear about this stuff and even when they do they are not impassioned to do anything about it because it's not in our face, it not affecting us, like recycling most people just choose not to do it, because it takes a little effort.
Maybe they pretend those giant landfills don't exist and that there are trash fairies that magically make our trash disappear once we put in on the curb...but the ugly truth is that we are destroying God beautiful creation buy covering it with our waste. If the town you lived in decided to put a landfill across the street from you house, I'm pretty sure this would motivate you to not let this happen, why because the ugly truth would be right in your face affecting you and your children.
That's exactly my point, it we had all the kindergarten kids we know across the street working twelve hours getting our precious cocoa for our chocolate fix, wouldn't you look at it different. Anyway these are my own personal convictions, and I'm taking some baby steps of my own. I've been clearing out my throat and now I'm going to start practicing with this voice God gave me.
These are small little convictions that motivate me to action, try and parallel this with your spiritual life, how God reveals something monumental to you, and boy are you fired up, you are going to change right now..and two days later you've entirely forgot about it...I don't want that to be me, so I figure I'll start small and hopefully this practice will carry over into other areas of my life, specifically spiritual convictions I may have.
(I don't profess to be up on politics or even a good debater, but I realise that this is a vicious cycle, we get fair wages to be implemented and age limits for when children can work our chocolate is going to cost more, which I personally think is not a bad thing. Maybe when that happens we'll just buy it as a treat and not overindulge, just a thought. I also don't want to be labeled a hypocrite, I know this sort of thing happens in many other areas, but I'm only human and I'm hoping every little baby step I take will start making a difference where these things stop happening all together)
So follow along on my little journey if you'd like, it might be interesting!