The Battle Within

Here in my town of Gig Harbor there is a lot of developing going on. There is a question how greedy that the developers can be. In north Gig Harbor they are building homes for families and seniors where they clear cut a lot of land and the houses are right up to each other. Other words one step and you are in your neighbor’s yard. They are promising to add trees but I don’t see how.

Now another project is in the works in downtown Gig Harbor to build at least 55 units of apartments. On Monday Night the city council voted to approve the building of the units although there were a lot of objections from citizens. Actually there was a tie between the councilmen so the mayor had the deciding vote in which she voted on the side of the developer. What makes it really sad is the land is not zoned for such a development and clear cutting will take place there as well. In my mind downtown Gig Harbor is almost already maxed out on development however those who have money can do whatever they want while the normal citizen would not be able to do so. It shows that the laws don’t belong to everyone to follow. If you have enough money you can do what you want. Sounds wrong to me but what can the normal citizen’s do except complain and vote to replace the city council. They certainly don’t care what the citizens want.

Of course this is happening probably many other cities or small towns like Gig Harbor and those who have lived in those places for many years are seeing their towns being overgrown with developments. Gig Harbor is a beautiful small town however everything is changing not all for the good. I am sure those who are moving in like the small town feeling but the feeling isn’t going to be like that for long. What will Gig Harbor be like in the next ten years?

So this comes to my mind that there is a battle within. Not just among those who have been long time residents against outsiders but against ourselves. What I mean by that is that our minds are strong and we have to fight against the thoughts that come into our minds. Regardless how right we want to be there is a force of evil that comes in as much as good. We may feel that we are good people however evil does creep in to. So we must allow the good to overcome the evil. We must fight for the goodness. Even when we want to be unselfish a part of us is selfish at the same time. So our battle is within us as well as the forces that come against us from the outside. Don’t let the developers come into your land and take over. A word we all need to listen too.