Lil Piercing

I am a lonely woman, a widow from Gaza.

My husband was killed in the war, and since that day, everything in my life has changed.

Now I am alone, trying to raise my children in the middle of destruction and fear.

Every night, my children fall asleep to the sound of bombing and gunfire.

We live in a small, torn tent that barely protects us from the cold and the dust.

Sometimes we sleep hungry because food is so expensive and hard to find.

I watch my kids shiver from hunger and fear, and I can’t do anything.

I never imagined life would be this hard — losing my husband, my home, and everything we had.

But what hurts the most is watching my children suffer.

They ask for food, for safety, for their father… and I have nothing to give

Please, if you are reading this, don’t scroll away.

Your help — even the smallest — can bring us warmth, food, and hope again.

People celebrated, thinking the bombing would finally stop, that maybe we could breathe again.

But here, under this same broken sky, the bombs never stopped.

The sound of warplanes still tears the air apart.Buildings are still falling. Families are still running. Children are still crying for food, for water, for a safe place that no longer exists.

They said “ceasefire,” but there is no peace.We are still starving.We are still afraid to sleep.

Every moment feels like it could be the last.

I am writing this in the middle of destruction, in a place where hope barely survives.

We have no food, no electricity, no medicine — only faith that someone out there still cares.

Please don’t scroll past my words.

Share this. Talk about us. Help us stay alive.

Because silence kills us too.

To change the world is something that’s never been done before… in fact everybody who’s ever tried to make a change has been killed by somebody who disagreed with their image. But even so it’s still worth a try.

The goal is to bring 8 billion people together as one, the same species that has spent centuries fighting over land, beliefs, power, money, and everything else but trying to be United as people. People have said it before but no one’s ever actually tried it without fighting wars. World War 1 was supposed to be the war that ended all wars, but look at us now, still fighting as if all that meant nothing. Everybody who’s died on the battlefield they fought to protect a group of people. They fought to protect their home. But we all share the same home. We all share the same intelligent minds. We are all human. So why should we fight?

Pick up garbage and take care of the earth. Every opportunity you get, plant a tree. Go outside and appreciate nature. Look around you and acknowledge that there is more to life than just yourself and your own problems. There is a whole world in need of healing.

With that being said… what good is bringing 8 billion people together if our home isn’t healthy.

Along with that I have to become my best self and become strong both mentally and physically, because how could I ever bring anyone together if I can’t even hold myself together? This also applies to everyone else who is with me and sees my image. Focus on yourself and let go of your grudges. Don’t hate people because they are different, love them because there is beauty in our differences. Nobody was born into this world to be perfect, but at the end of the day we are here trying our best to be perfect. For what though? What’s the point of being perfect if nobody else is perfect? You want to be better than everyone else? Why? What is there to gain out of that? Our home that we call earth is being destroyed every single day. Nature is being destroyed. People care so much about being perfect that they fail to see the beauty around them. Why should other people’s opinions matter? Why should we strive to be perfect, if no matter how hard we try we still won’t love ourselves? Rid your mind of preconceived images and judgements. Judging is toxic, and it only hurts yourself. Hating people for the color of their skin is childish. Hating people for what they like is childish. Every single person on this earth is unique and beautiful in their own way. Nobody deserves to feel like they don’t belong. Every single person on this earth belongs here. Every single person on this earth has a purpose. But if our home is going to keep being destroyed, and if humans continue to fight and die over pointless battles is there really any point in fulfilling our purposes?

Danielle Doby (via heavyrain-dc)