Dear Boise Dear World

Dear Boise, Dear World Yesterday I spent the evening embracing the wind and the dark gray clouds that came in over my city as the sun fell. Camel's Back Park sits nestled tightly against the foothills at the North End of Boise. The park is named rightly so. The hilly landscape takes a sudden climb and features several steep humps and bumps where park goers can hike, walk, and stroll up the trail, then be overlooking the entire city of Boise.

Standing there I looked at my city, our city, the city of Boise. "The City of Trees" as it's coined has a population of a little over 200,000 residents. From the steepest part of the Camel's Back we watched. Children playing frisbee, a group of volley ballers enjoying the last bit of sun and the several dog walkers and joggers that peppered the sidewalks. I watched.


It was inspiring.

It's inspiring because it's my city, it's your city, it's our city. There you could see the neighborhoods, the houses, the businesses, the capitol; a set of small distinct versions of skyscrapers and of course, The People. It's inspiring because we own it. As people and as Boise residents we decide what happens. It starts with us. It's our duty to get to know our neighbors, be aware of the issues that affect us, and to be involved in the social change that helps.

Dear Boise, it is us as citizens and residents of this city to do something, to act, to change things that hinder our improvement or our development of being a finer city and the change we want to see. It starts with us.

To give a population ratio, Boise is only 1/40,000th of the world's population. How minuscule is Boise compared to the rest of the World? Yet, whatever influence we have here will affect the World. Whatever change we make in Boise is a change we make in the World. It starts with us Boise.

Dear World, No matter how small or how insignificant the difference you make, like wildfire it will spread and effect an immeasurable amount of lives for generations to come. Each and every one of you are capable of it. No matter the city, the community, the state or the nation, a change you make in your community, is a change you make in the World.

Dear Boise, Dear World, act for the change you want to see. Define the change you desire and strive for it, yearn for it as passionately as you can, and let no boundaries or obstacles stand in your way. We are part of our own community, we are a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the people on this planet, yet we are capable of so much. Dear Boise, Dear World serve, inspire and act.