Be The Spark

History remembers Sam Adams as a Founding Father, a patriot, and a visionary. But long before the Revolution began, he was something far less glamorous: an exhausted agitator, often ridiculed, financially broke, and politically isolated. And yet, he kept going.

Adams believed in liberty before it was popular, before it was safe, and long before it was a reality. While others went about their daily lives, seemingly unconcerned with encroachments from the Crown, he organized. While others hoped for reconciliation with the British, he kindled the flames of resistance. He faced real discouragement as his businesses failed, the public scorned him, and he lived under constant threat of arrest.

But he didn’t stop. He kept going. He kept showing up.

It was Adams who helped organize a network of colonial communication to keep fellow activists informed. It was Adams who made sure events like the Boston Massacre weren’t forgotten, or worse, normalized. And it was Adams who believed, with all his heart, that people should govern themselves as an independent nation.

Like Adams, many of us today feel the weight of an overbearing government pressing down on our rights, our communities, and our future. So we organize protests, speak at meetings, and hold signs in the cold, bitter rain. Yet, the machinery of power grinds on, ignoring our efforts, encouraging us to give up. People flip us off, shout insults, and make threats. And we begin to wonder: Does any of it make a difference?

Don’t be discouraged. Like Sam Adams, you are doing something immeasurably valuable. You’re planting seeds.

Movements aren’t measured by the arguments you win. They’re measured by persistence. Every voice raised, every truth spoken, every act of courage creates a spark. And together, those sparks ignite the fire that changes everything.

The nation we fight for today exists because people like Adams didn’t give up. It wasn’t perfect then. It isn’t perfect now. But the fight has always been about pursuing a more perfect union. Don’t let perfection be the enemy. Fight for the freedom to seek perfection, without a government that stands in your way.

So hold the line. Raise your voice. You matter. And your effort is the spark.