People
seem to forget that we're all human.
Everyone, self included, is struggling to
define themselves, but definitions simply separate us, cause factions and the
notion of an "other". From there, it
becomes second nature to assume a ranking, as different things somehow can't be
equal. We as people sometimes take excessive pride in labeling ourselves.
Yes those things define us, but ultimately such things are meaningless- minor details at best. Those things
about us, things like lifestyle and religion, or things we are born with that we cannot change- These things make us neither better nor worse.
It isn't about what we are so much as how we act. And we shouldn't treat one another differently based on anything other than their intent and their actions.
I have a dear friend who captures my concern quite well:
"I have seen a lot of people discussing things
back and forth over the past few days.. and what I have seen, quite
frankly bothers me.
Right now, the USA is in discussion about the very important topic of rights.
I have seen people for.. I have seen people against..
I have heard people cite their religion for their decisions, I have see people cite their loved ones and family for their decisions..
What have I taken away from all this?
We people, as a nation, as a planet.. are neglecting one very important thing.
It goes BEYOND religion...
It goes BEYOND love and family...
It goes BEYOND borders and land masses..
I sadly see that this is a plague.. on a global level... that not only condemns everyone who decides to feel one way or another.. I see a plague that is at the heart and root of our very planet's break down.
We all talk about World Peace... We all talk about how if we could all get along that the world would be a better place.. There would be no suffering... no hunger... no wars... etc etc..
World peace is very much possible.. but sadly we are SERIOUSLY over complicating it..
It is a very simple thing... really... and it only requires TWO things from each of us. Two very simple.. FREE things that are within each of us.. right this second and have been since you were born and will be until you die.
#1
DROP THE LABELS.. NO MORE Black/White/Gay/Straight/
No more hiding behind what you "THINK" you are, because if something was to happen tomorrow and everything you "THINK" you know/have/believe in were to be stripped away.. you would be just like everyone else...
If you STOP putting a label on it... then what are we?!
it's simple.. we are all the same thing...
HUMAN BEINGS
#2
TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO TREAT YOU.
If everyone just STOPPED for a moment and now.. because we are all on an even playing field as HUMAN BEINGS.. treated everyone with the most simple of respect, tolerance and human decency, not only would this nation.. but this WHOLE PLANET... would become the utopia that we all dream of.
So seriously.. stop labeling everything around you... PUT DOWN YOUR RUBBER STAMP... stop labeling everyONE around you.. and see people for what they REALLY are.. and start treating EVERYONE as what they are..
HUMAN BEINGS
Just remember..
Something could happen tomorrow that would..
Make all religion turn out to be a lie and non existent..
Make all money useless and no longer needed
Give everyone 'perfect health' or globally uniform skin colour...
etc etc etc
We do not know what our planet's future holds.. BUT we DO know what it holds right this second.. a bunch of human beings so caught up in themselves that they have forgotten the most very basic meaning of life...
WE ARE ALL EQUAL.. and as such.. WE ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED EQUAL...
IN EVERYTHING AND EVERY WAY, FOREVER
And that, my friends, is my 3 cents worth.
Should you have a problem with my words... That too is your choice.. and I offer you the unfriend button...
But just remember... You can not deny this simple truth...
YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING....
Perhaps it is time we all started acting like one."
Right now, the USA is in discussion about the very important topic of rights.
I have seen people for.. I have seen people against..
I have heard people cite their religion for their decisions, I have see people cite their loved ones and family for their decisions..
What have I taken away from all this?
We people, as a nation, as a planet.. are neglecting one very important thing.
It goes BEYOND religion...
It goes BEYOND love and family...
It goes BEYOND borders and land masses..
I sadly see that this is a plague.. on a global level... that not only condemns everyone who decides to feel one way or another.. I see a plague that is at the heart and root of our very planet's break down.
We all talk about World Peace... We all talk about how if we could all get along that the world would be a better place.. There would be no suffering... no hunger... no wars... etc etc..
World peace is very much possible.. but sadly we are SERIOUSLY over complicating it..
It is a very simple thing... really... and it only requires TWO things from each of us. Two very simple.. FREE things that are within each of us.. right this second and have been since you were born and will be until you die.
#1
DROP THE LABELS.. NO MORE Black/White/Gay/Straight/
No more hiding behind what you "THINK" you are, because if something was to happen tomorrow and everything you "THINK" you know/have/believe in were to be stripped away.. you would be just like everyone else...
If you STOP putting a label on it... then what are we?!
it's simple.. we are all the same thing...
HUMAN BEINGS
#2
TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT THEM TO TREAT YOU.
If everyone just STOPPED for a moment and now.. because we are all on an even playing field as HUMAN BEINGS.. treated everyone with the most simple of respect, tolerance and human decency, not only would this nation.. but this WHOLE PLANET... would become the utopia that we all dream of.
So seriously.. stop labeling everything around you... PUT DOWN YOUR RUBBER STAMP... stop labeling everyONE around you.. and see people for what they REALLY are.. and start treating EVERYONE as what they are..
HUMAN BEINGS
Just remember..
Something could happen tomorrow that would..
Make all religion turn out to be a lie and non existent..
Make all money useless and no longer needed
Give everyone 'perfect health' or globally uniform skin colour...
etc etc etc
We do not know what our planet's future holds.. BUT we DO know what it holds right this second.. a bunch of human beings so caught up in themselves that they have forgotten the most very basic meaning of life...
WE ARE ALL EQUAL.. and as such.. WE ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED EQUAL...
IN EVERYTHING AND EVERY WAY, FOREVER
And that, my friends, is my 3 cents worth.
Should you have a problem with my words... That too is your choice.. and I offer you the unfriend button...
But just remember... You can not deny this simple truth...
YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING....
Perhaps it is time we all started acting like one."
It really is that simple. We are all human. That factor ties us closer than any difference can set us apart.
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