I’d always wanted to participate in popular demonstrations against injustice and in favor of a fairer government. But, for many reasons, among them apathy, I had never done this. Little by little, I came to realize that I shouldn’t be apathetic, because I am a child of the one, all-acting God. So I decided I should actively support the good of society. And one expression of this is to take part in peaceful and positive demonstrations on the Internet, through social media, or on the streets.
Not long ago, I participated for the first time in a protest march calling for the dismissal of a politician who was being accused of involvement in many negative practices. It was exciting to walk the streets together with many people, who, like me, yearn for justice and for the progress of our country, Brazil.
However, after marching, I felt that there must be a higher way of protesting—a spiritual way. Then I remembered a passage from the book Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. She writes that Jesus’ “humble prayers were deep and conscientious protests of Truth,—of man’s likeness to God and of man’s unity with Truth and Love” (p. 12).
