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Words can hardly describe how I feel after hearing of another London attack - and I hope, and am confident, that the breaking of my heart is shared by many in the early hours before we use the strength we have to hold ourselves up again. It upsets me to see that there is so much hatred in this world of ours. Times like these I cry for humanity and how some of us seem so willing to hate. 

The danger of religion, particularly religion in large doses, is obviously nothing new; history has been the greatest teacher of this, but most importantly to remind ourselves, I find, is the strange and saddening reality that people can be so willing to surrender their minds to others who are more than happy to distort and manipulate ideas and notions, and it is absolutely disappointing and tragic to see. For what, is what I continue to ask myself. For what? The story is surely long, but it must come down to an excess of ego, a desire for dominance and so forth. These are so feeble, inconsequential and fleeting when put into perspective, and yet, despite this, so powerful in the absence of individual education and individual progress. The importance of tolerance, patience and personal education away from any hive, any school of thought, is so crucial for human awakening - an awakening some evidently do not seek, nor care to seek, being too contentedly involved in illusory conceptions.

I think it’s vital to feel these emotions, to be upset or angry and disappointed, and simultaneously reflect on them. I wonder if there will ever come a time where those who preach hate, manipulate and destroy in the name of inexplicable and unproven mysteries will ever be capable of transcending all that has been fed to them, to take a step back from whatever it is that grips them so tightly there and realise that they terrorise for nothing, thinking it everything.

When the last attacks happened, I remember watching somebody on the news mentioning that when things like this happen, it makes us really tune in to appreciate the little things in life we often take for granted - things like the courtesy of a driver, strangers opening doors for other strangers, altruistic kindness. These bring incredible amounts of solace. It is a great shame because we, as a race, can be so loving to one another when we can think for ourselves, tolerate and embrace difference.