To Be Human Again
Where have we gone as a people, as a collective, as a society?
You look around and it seems as if only we can see dark time’s, corruption is wide spread, lies and defamation have tainted our news sources, and social media is consistently pushing propaganda to put each other against one another.
How sad it has become to “live,” at a time like this none the less. We should be at a point where we can flourish as a community on a global scale. We have the resources and most definitely the people willing to help each other, but yet somehow we still allow ourselves to be stomped on. Shoved to the ground and force to eat the dirt off of the boots who have truly wronged us.
The single mother with three children, is not your enemy. The immigrant up the road who is working sixty plus hours to provide a better life for his family, is not your enemy. The gay neighbor across the street that volunteers at the local soup kitchen, is not your enemy. That homeless person on the corner who served his country for ten plus years, just to have his country turn their back on him, is not the enemy.
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That billionaire isn't offering you a job, he’s taking advantage of your situation to get the most profit, is your enemy. That politician who is pointing the finger at your neighbor and chanting out, “He’s ruining this country, he’s the reason you can’t afford a home,” is the enemy.
Unfortunately we live in a time, where so many people can easily listen to someone blame all of the wrong things in our life on a group of people. Unfortunately we live in a time, where so many people can’t see that those who are really hurting us common folk, the working class, are that one percent.
The one percent that hoard more than half of the money in our home, that sit and don't share. That sees those on the street struggling and don't have an urge to help a fellow human being.
I dream that one day this world will not be so dull and harsh on the hard working, caring, loving, selfless people of this world. That one day the sun will shine on the people and a new day will dawn, where we support each other and lift our society as a whole to greater heights just as it was meant to be.
I know one day, we can all be human again.
