Another Reason to Play the Game of Holding On

The federal government of the United States is on shutdown.  I will quote an India Arie song title Come Back to the Middle – that is what our men and women in Congress must do.  “To get to the top, you must come back to the middle.”  

I don’t know about other parts of the country, but here in Washington, DC, people are just holding on.  Holding on to hope, holding on to the dream of going back to a workplace that will be slightly different from the one they left.  Holding on to the hope that the Washington Redskins can beat the Dallas Cowboys so that we can restore some pride in DC.  Right now the DC government is also hostage to the federal shutdown because the budget of this city must by endorsed by the U.S. Congress.  

Holding on is the game we must play right now.  What would it look like if a majority of the federal workers decided not to take this limbo anymore?  Would we have a revolution in 2013?

“This is not the time to give up, don't lie in defeat. You have to hold on and be strong. Greater things are ahead.” Unknown