Lately I've felt lost. Mainly because I'm trying to find myself and figure out who I want to become. It is only in the past 2 years that I've come to realize the amount of love I have in my heart. I've wasted so much time being angry and shutting out the world... that I'm finally ready to welcome the world back into my life.
For a long time I've turned a blind eye to global issues. Global warming. The extinction of animals caused by us. Wars happening everyday. When America lost thousands of people in 911... yes, that was tragic and it really hit home. But MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLD WIDE GO THROUGH THAT KIND OF LOSS EVERY DAY!!! And it's not only people, but slaughter of millions of animals everyday as well!!! Not just one day out of the year like 9/11. We ned to stop looking out just for "our own kind". People are people! No matter what age, size, shape, colour, religion, location. We need to stop looking out for our own backs all the time! Call me a bitch. Call me over-opinionated.. Call me a fucking tree-hugger, hippie scum bag! I don't give a shit what anyone says about me anymore.
I feel like I've been incredibly selfish for years. I've worried about the weight I want to shed, the clothes and shoes I want to buy. Making good impressions and wanting tons of friends. SUPERFICIAL BULLSHIT!!!! I'm not saying that it is wrong to indulge in things that make you happy. I'm not saying, live like the starving kids in africa. Because we WERE fortunate enough to be brought into a country that has freedom, has plentiful food, clothes, everything!!! By me going barefoot to feel what those people feel, would be stupid. But what I DO NOT think is stupid, is appreciating what we have. Sharing what we have with those who are less fortunate. And sticking up for someone else when they can't defend or protect themselves. Be the voice that might be heard! Be a number in a poll that could make a difference in our governments!!!!
I can't be so self-centered and think that everyone I know agrees with my views. I can't think that everyone I know will want to reach out and save a life. I can't *expect* for other people to understand why I feel this inside me. Hell, I can't even explain where this drive is coming from. All I know, is that I'm tired of the power struggle!! Someone always needs to feel superior. Someone feels the need to KILL ANYTHING THEY ARE AFRAID OF!!! Meaning ourselves! We're killing each other because of the things we don't understand or comprehend. Fear is something we create inside of ourselves. It isn't real. So why are there wars? Why are we dooming ourselves? Why is superiority and "playing god" by chosing who lives and who dies, so important to people??
These are all questions that I have asked myself and do not have the answer to. I basically feel like I can't sit back, and wait for someone else to speak up over global issues! It's sad to think that there are millions of people who feel the same way, and think its a sin to let people starve and die *when it doesn't have to happen*... but most of them don't step up to the plate. They think "I'm only one person, what can I do?" I think that anyone reading this who agrees with me, and would like to stop feeling so insignificant... there is a lot you can do!
There are websites, polls, pledges, petitions, flyers to hand out, protests. It isn't even like you have to do all of the things I listed. Honestly though... being informative and knowledgeable about these types of issues is half the battle. We remain ignorant to issues because we chose not to see them. Open your eyes! Read a fucking newspaper! Knowledge is power. What you chose to do with that is up to you. I feel like the more knowledge I have, the more I can educate people around me. Even if only ONE PERSON listens, I will have got my point across!
I want to make it manditory for schools to bring in documentaries such as 'SharkWater' or 'An inconvenient Truth'. Things that will inspire people to be that voice that needs to be heard!! To put knowledge into the futures generations! Our kids are the future. Whether you have kids, want kids, hate kids... I don't care! There will be someone or something later down the road that you will want to preserve! No one likes to think that they are forgotten when they die. But in the future no one will be remembered because the human race will be extinct.
Even by me expressing myself today. By being able to have an opinion that matters! Would not be possible if it weren't for the people who SPOKE UP AND SAID THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!!!
I'm not trying to be a fucking motivational speaker. It's simple; stop being ignorant. educate yourself. open your eyes. open your mind.
For a long time I've turned a blind eye to global issues. Global warming. The extinction of animals caused by us. Wars happening everyday. When America lost thousands of people in 911... yes, that was tragic and it really hit home. But MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLD WIDE GO THROUGH THAT KIND OF LOSS EVERY DAY!!! And it's not only people, but slaughter of millions of animals everyday as well!!! Not just one day out of the year like 9/11. We ned to stop looking out just for "our own kind". People are people! No matter what age, size, shape, colour, religion, location. We need to stop looking out for our own backs all the time! Call me a bitch. Call me over-opinionated.. Call me a fucking tree-hugger, hippie scum bag! I don't give a shit what anyone says about me anymore.
I feel like I've been incredibly selfish for years. I've worried about the weight I want to shed, the clothes and shoes I want to buy. Making good impressions and wanting tons of friends. SUPERFICIAL BULLSHIT!!!! I'm not saying that it is wrong to indulge in things that make you happy. I'm not saying, live like the starving kids in africa. Because we WERE fortunate enough to be brought into a country that has freedom, has plentiful food, clothes, everything!!! By me going barefoot to feel what those people feel, would be stupid. But what I DO NOT think is stupid, is appreciating what we have. Sharing what we have with those who are less fortunate. And sticking up for someone else when they can't defend or protect themselves. Be the voice that might be heard! Be a number in a poll that could make a difference in our governments!!!!
I can't be so self-centered and think that everyone I know agrees with my views. I can't think that everyone I know will want to reach out and save a life. I can't *expect* for other people to understand why I feel this inside me. Hell, I can't even explain where this drive is coming from. All I know, is that I'm tired of the power struggle!! Someone always needs to feel superior. Someone feels the need to KILL ANYTHING THEY ARE AFRAID OF!!! Meaning ourselves! We're killing each other because of the things we don't understand or comprehend. Fear is something we create inside of ourselves. It isn't real. So why are there wars? Why are we dooming ourselves? Why is superiority and "playing god" by chosing who lives and who dies, so important to people??
These are all questions that I have asked myself and do not have the answer to. I basically feel like I can't sit back, and wait for someone else to speak up over global issues! It's sad to think that there are millions of people who feel the same way, and think its a sin to let people starve and die *when it doesn't have to happen*... but most of them don't step up to the plate. They think "I'm only one person, what can I do?" I think that anyone reading this who agrees with me, and would like to stop feeling so insignificant... there is a lot you can do!
There are websites, polls, pledges, petitions, flyers to hand out, protests. It isn't even like you have to do all of the things I listed. Honestly though... being informative and knowledgeable about these types of issues is half the battle. We remain ignorant to issues because we chose not to see them. Open your eyes! Read a fucking newspaper! Knowledge is power. What you chose to do with that is up to you. I feel like the more knowledge I have, the more I can educate people around me. Even if only ONE PERSON listens, I will have got my point across!
I want to make it manditory for schools to bring in documentaries such as 'SharkWater' or 'An inconvenient Truth'. Things that will inspire people to be that voice that needs to be heard!! To put knowledge into the futures generations! Our kids are the future. Whether you have kids, want kids, hate kids... I don't care! There will be someone or something later down the road that you will want to preserve! No one likes to think that they are forgotten when they die. But in the future no one will be remembered because the human race will be extinct.
Even by me expressing myself today. By being able to have an opinion that matters! Would not be possible if it weren't for the people who SPOKE UP AND SAID THINGS NEED TO CHANGE!!!!
I'm not trying to be a fucking motivational speaker. It's simple; stop being ignorant. educate yourself. open your eyes. open your mind.