I don’t care who you are, where you are from, or what you do for a living. Chances are you have noticed that our country, and the world as a whole, is not in the best state of sorts when it comes to humanitarianism. Now let’s get this straight… I am a fiscally conservative, social moderate who has stake in multiple companies and works for a leading international corporation. I’m not rich, but I’m not poor. I’m a parent, who believes in being able to protect my family through gun ownership, but I also believe that it is our human right, to lend a helping hand to those in their time of need. I believe people should be able to smoke what they want, but I believe it is my right not to get a free side of second hand smoke with my cheeseburger at my local eatery. I believe everyone should have a fair chance at building a beautiful life, but I believe that those who choose to use their own willpower to destroy happiness in other people do not deserve to be a part of the fabric of our world. In many cultures around the world, I am the enemy. In others, I am the American Dream. However, my experiences, which are somehow grand in nature for only being 28 years old, have taught me a few things about how we all think, feel, love, hate and move forward with the way we, as human beings, believe we should live. Recently, there has an outbreak in all of us forgetting that we are, in fact, “human beings.” As a creature, we thrive off social interaction, we will suffer for personal validation, and we will sacrifice what is necessary to obtain what we believe we deserve. That is what makes us human. Our ability to survive hardship, our ability to endure pain, and our ability to see beauty and peace through death and darkness is what allows us to find solace and overcome hardship. The truth behind our nation’s struggle, or at least the truth between my own ears, is the fact that we have become disconnected to what being a human being truly means. We drive our bodies through the day as if we have taken a defensive driving course on life. We feel everyone is the enemy, and we watch our backs for who is trying to take away the successes that we have earned. The most successful person I have ever had the opportunity to meet was an “Ex” Hospital Administrator turned gang prevention missionary. He gave up his amazing salary to put his love of people first in hopes that his efforts would build success in others, as he, himself, enjoyed success. He was proof that we can enjoy our own successes, relish in our achievements and even splurge on the things we want due to our hard work and dedication. However, at some point, self-fulfillment subsides to our innate desire to help others. We can either allow man nature to take over and share love throughout the world in and effort to destroy hatred, violence and self-deprecation, or we can turn our backs on others and find harmony in our own greed. Greed is not purely attributed to monetary lustings, however. We can be greedy with our time, greedy with our talents, and greedy with our love. Choosing to eat alone, while another human is longing for companionship is far worse then fiscal confinement. Our issue as a world is not our lack of “heart.” We love our families, we love our jobs, we love our favorite drink at Starbucks, and we love downloading the latest apps on our smartphones. As humans, we are truly, 100%, definitely and uncontrollably capable of Love. We simply chose not to apply this ability towards the strangers in our life. If we would simply stop viewing the entire world as a competitor trying to strip away our own individual glories, and begin viewing everyone we have not become friends with yet as a companion, we would achieve a lot more in this world than we are seeing now. Remember the kid that no one wanted to play with on the playground in kindergarten? Chances are he sat on a bench or in the corner with a sad look on his face. He wasn’t excited to be by himself, and the fact that he was cast aside destroyed his sense of self-worth. Solitary beings do not find fulfillment. We are not born into the world preferring to be singular in our daily interactions. We are designed, by nature, to be social, to be civilized, to be one system of love, happiness, and care. Only through solidarity, and destroying self-contained perceptions of grandeur over others, can we move forward with building a better world for a children, theirpeers, and the friends we have yet to make in the crazy world we call home. _ Now go make the world a beautiful place. Kick it off by listening to one of my favorite songs.
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