Often times people want things now. They want food now, they want to sleep now, they want to go home now, and they also want social change now.

I want to start off by saying, yes there is the social change that I also want to see in this country and social change that we direly need. It is ridiculous how in subtle and blatant ways many minorities within our country are being discriminated against, but change doesn't happen now and it doesn't happen through criticizing.

This is what angers me with much of TS Elliot's works ( or any other famous writers I have studied ), he constantly criticizes the horrible things within our society, but he offers no solution to fix them. What does he expect, that every single person in the world will read his poems, go "hmmm I really need to fix myself" and automatically change? Or does he think that everyone in the world will sit in a circle and discuss his book and change their society? The world does not work like that.Same with internet comments, people will not read your tweet and just change the course of their thought process. Even some of the most historical changes happened over many years and arguably still happening right now.

This is not me saying that you should not be outspoken, or you should not be politically and socially active, it is just me hoping that you take a step back, and you deciding if arguing on twitter and Instagram against a stubborn commentator is worth your time. I know the urge to fire back is extreme but the odds are the other person is not willing to change.

Coming back to my point change does not happen now or overnight. It takes time, patience, and perseverance, and fighting in Instagram comments won't really help, especially when that time and focus can be used for larger scale things.This energy can be focused on finishing your homework, going to a great college, and affecting change at a higher level.

Change happens extremely slowly and almost painfully slowly. It is up to you how to take your energy and focus on creating change, and I promise it will happen because nothing is ever set in stone.