3D rendering of a forming puzzle with the word Community

Just had a thought, sometimes it seems we put more responsibility on law enforcement and government officials to keep our immediate neighborhoods safe. Many of us knowingly ignore those who are participating in criminal activity but expect someone else to do something about it. At what point do we take responsibility for our own communities? Have you taken a look around your community lately and observed who there is actually doing anything to make it better? Are you one of the people involved in making it better or are you just locked into your house saying how horrible things are?   Are we still waiting on someone who does not live in our communities to ride in and save us? If we don’t show any interest in changing our communities why would anyone else?   Tackling problems  of this nature isn’t easy and can sometimes be dangerous but if we want better places to live aren’t some of us going to have to do something? We know that there are those who live among us that are wreaking havoc but why do we continue to let them do so? Do the people who want to destroy  outnumber the people who want to live in peace or is that just an illusion reinforced by what we are taking in via the media? If we want true transformation in our communities we are going to have to be the ones of the frontlines not the president, the mayor or the police.