I very rarely listen to the news. It’s not a frequent occurrence, because I cannot stand the negativity. So as usual, I was one of the last to hear of the recent dreadful attacks around the world. Naturally, the world focused on Paris, in true media fueled fashion. In hearing of the current events, I instantly wished that there was something more that I could do, than just sit here and feel sorry. Instead of feeling like this tiny, insignificant creature, incapable of greatness. Incapable of making a difference and defending one’s own.
There was a time that I was very willing and ready to join the army. I believed that fighting showed courage and strength, that it really could make a difference. As I grew older, I realised that fighting only makes matters worse, and that peace can be found if one would only be willing to look for it.
I wish I had the courage to die in front of the world, decorated in every damn flag to show that I will love each and every human being for who they are, not their faith, their race, their skin. Courage does still exist, and we need to find it to show that every life is equal, and as important as the next. I wish that I could save ALL children from terror, not just those in my neighbouring countries, and I wish that I could protect those that I love from misery and fear as we are terrorised like so many others before us.
We have all become so protective of ‘our earth’, fighting our corner so self-righteous and self-important. Yet in the same breath we rip the landscape apart for industry and materials that won’t last forever. For materialistic ideals that mean nothing. We scar the land with sickness and racism, and have the nerve to declare it ours. Not content with our own lands we seek to overpower and corrupt others, take what is not ours and give nothing in return. We teach our children that war is the answer, because we do not know peace.
You are capable of loving all others, so think for yourself. Start today.
