We are humans. We have two eyes, one nose, one mouth, skin, organs. You get it. We are all equals.
Be it you are a CEO, a minister, an engineer, a hawker, a student, or even unemployed. We are the same. We breathe the same air, we drink the same water, we eat the same food. It's my world as much as it's yours.
But why is our world like this? Why is it that teenagers are cutting themselves to let the blood flow and the feelings out? Why is it that people are throwing themselves off bridges over a failed relationship? Why is it that children are crying for their workaholic parents?
Because we are selfish, greedy people. We live a good life. We have food, water, shelter, warmth and love. But it's all overlooked by us. We are blind. We only see ourselves. We appeal to our needs and wants, we ignore the facts lying straight ahead.
We hurt when we cut ourselves. We think we're alone in the world of pain and misery. But have you ever stopped to wonder how people would think when they saw those scars? Do you stop to see the look of pain flickering through the eyes of your mother, whom you don't wish to speak to anymore? We are not alone. There are people out there who see your pain, feel your pain, and try to stop your pain. But you don't acknowledge. You think that you are suffering so badly that the world has to do nothing but appease you. Did you even care when someone put a hand on your shoulder and said, "Don't hurt yourself." You didn't. It's not their fault. Someone may have made you cut, but you should be accepting the help, or even acknowledging it at least. You could have chosen not to wallow in self-pity and pull yourself back up. Remember, there are people suffering more than you out there.
Do you think that if you're just going to end your life right there, everything will end. Wherever you are, it won't stop. You are just running away from it, not ending it. Have you not wondered after your body has been fished out from the river, what would happen? Do you think that no one would cry over your body? Someone would. There would be someone grieving for the loss. And you had voluntarily caused that pain, selfishly, because you're just pushing it to someone else.
Working for money will not change your life by very much. Nor your children's, thank you very much. If you bother to get home once in a while to play with your child, to talk to your teen, to share his joy and lessen her sorrow, something would be different. If you're not even doing that, just caring about your own life, how can you expect your own child to respect you, to listen to you, when he doesn't know you? You say you're doing it for him, but tangible objects like money will not make a difference. We are humans, we need you to appeal to our emotions. We need to trust you, and it's up to what you do to earn the trust of others. Even your own children have a choice.
I still see myself as a child. I see myself as someone who has not experienced a lot in my life. I see myself as someone who still has to grow up. But I know what I speak about. I know what I'm doing. I know what I will do for whoever who needs me. There are children my age, who have gone through so much more than I did, that I cannot compare. But I want to make my point no matter what.
Be it a child or an adult, we are equals. Rich or poor, we are equals. We are equals. If we try to be less stubborn, to learn to listen to the hearts of others, maybe the world would be better place for us all. If adults would learn to listen to the little things their children want them to be, maybe we would be different. But no, grownups never will. Because they are too egoistic of themselves. Because they pride themselves to be of a higher rank than their own children. Because they don't want to droop to what they would call a lowly position by asking for help from someone whom they look down on. Us. Children.
They make us do what they want us to do. Not what we want to do. They make us fulfill the dreams they failed to fulfill, not the dreams that we want to come true. They teach us to respect them, to respect people, to listen to them no matter what. They teach us to accept criticism, to learn to ask for help, to share, not to be selfish. And as children, we do it. But sooner or later, we adopt the same thinking style of adults. Because we were made to listen.
My case is no different. I am made to listen and I still am. I accept that now. But when I break free from the "reign" of my own boundaries of my parents, it'll change. I will not think like them. I will do it differently. I will be fair. And for my own children, I want them to know that I will always listen to their hearts, and that I will not force them into fulfilling my dreams. And do you know why? Because I will fulfill ALL my dreams by myself. There is no need for them to make my dreams come true, because I will do it and prove it to the world and to those who doubted me, or us. I only have one dream, and that is to make a difference. And I know I can.
So, children do things the way adults make us do. If we are all equals in the world, shouldn't the adults do the same? Shouldn't they learn to accept criticism, to share, not to be greedy, to ask for help, to listen to others? The world isn't a fair place. So, no they don't do it. Because they only care about themselves and their own 'face'. They say they care about us, but we are not their priority.
IF YOU TRULY CARE FOR SOMEONE, YOU WOULD LISTEN TO TO HER HEART. NO MATTER WHAT. YOU WOULD ACCEPT HER CHOICES. YOU WILL NOT FORCE HER INTO ANYTHING. YOU WILL SUPPORT HER.
If everyone understands the concept of being equal, the world will be so much more beautiful. It is actually very simple. But adults complicate it so much that they themselves forget that it started off with them.
You don't need a reason to follow your own heart. You don't need to follow what others think. You follow your gut; your instinct; and that will lead you down the right path for you.
We want a better world. And we must know how do we do it. We must learn to let go of our shortcomings, of others' shortcomings. We must learn to accept what others say, but stand firm with what we believe is right. We must learn to share and not be selfish. We must learn to treat others the way we want to be treated. Fairly.
We have so much. More than so many others out there. We suffer pain, but so many suffer much, much more. We have more than enough but we don't want to share. People who don't have anything wish to make the Earth a better place.
Shouldn't you be ashamed of yourselves? Shouldn't you be doing what you tell people to do. Do as you preach. Words are empty without action. People see you from what you do, not what you say.
Wealthy people only want to be richer. Wealthy people are afraid of losing their wealth. They are afraid of losing out. Poor people just want the basics and give away the rest for a happier world.
No matter how educated we are, or how smart or respected we think we are, it doesn't mean what we do it correct.
If only we knew how to share. If only we knew how people felt when we controlled them. If only we knew that respect and trust is earned, not gained.
If I can end poverty and create peace myself, you wouldn't be seeing this right now. If I get a dollar for every person who reads this and spreads the message to someone else, I can feed as much as a chicken. This is how selfish we can be.
Show me. That we still have a heart.
Please, PROVE ME WRONG.
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