If anyone has been constantly checking my page, please forgive me for the lack of recent posts, but there have been many things going on in the world that have deserved much thought. 

I don’t mean to be political by anything I am saying, and I will do my best to steer away from any direct comments. I am independent by nature, I prefer no side, I only can hope to speak blatant truths and if I don’t please correct me in the comments, I would enjoy the feedback.

Now, let us take a look at the world right now. It is mean, selfish, and short-sighted. 

I am hurt by every missile fired, scarred by every burnt out city. No matter how far away any of us are from pain & suffering, for your own humanity I hope you feel its burden. 

And what pushes this pain onward? More of us, more humans falling into the trap of being mean, of being selfish, of being self aggrandizing and blind. But I don’t blame the big names. I don’t blame anyone in particular. I can only blame myself, and as a Christian I guess Satan is also clear for me. 

I blame myself for what could be and not what is. I am currently a neutral force. I do not attend marches, I do not spout agendas on public news. I do what I can for those around me, but per a humanity scale of action, I make little to no difference in tendency. 

I could though. We all could. Do you not feel the call? To be something bigger than yourself, to take on the burdens of the world and carry them as if you were Atlas? I do. Every day I wish I could fix humanities issues, but I am relegated to watching it go by, often even without an ear to speak to, a body to which I may complain. 

And how can I blame other members of mankind for being flawed? I knew they were that already, it is only what I can expect of them to make mistakes so why should I blame them for anything. 

I am hopefully working my way to being the force I wish I could be. But for now, an observation is where my ability lies. 

To target the center of issues is something I often think I have a handle on. And what do I believe is the cause of humanity’s general decline into self hatred and disparity? The inability to listen to instruction. Among other things anyways. 

Don’t worry, I could easily start sounding like a Fascist dictator here, demanding obedience to doctrine and such, but I promise I won’t… I hope? No, no question mark, I definitely won’t. 

By men greater than myself, by beings greater than myself, we are given basic, unconditional guidance as to how to act. As a Christian I have many such pieces of guidance, many other religions do as well, but the one I always point to is, “Love thy neighbor as thyself”, found in the Bible of course. As a Christian, no matter denomination, no matter branch or type or any variation, this is a lesson that is both utterly clear and unconditional. I do not want war to be declared on me, nor do I want to be deported, or any other such thing. I wish to have a roof over my head, to be loved, to be well fed and happy. Why should I wish anything else for anyone? I could go on, about turning the other cheek, about being patient, about giving grace and all manner of objectively good things but I won’t. 

And I must mention that a standardly selfish person would attempt to limit these sayings as much as possible. Thy neighbor must be my physical neighbor, or maybe just the person standing next to me, or no, just the people standing next to me that I care about, or well maybe not care but need to have around. That simply does not sound right, and is a way that selfish and greedy people can justify their stupid little actions. 

I am being a little childish, but I just get really upset on this topic. When given a statement, something like, “you should not cheat on your partner”, which is another commandment by circumstance, you are not allowed to skirt around this rule. If you do, you have disobeyed, and also given that this is clearly just a basic thing that is good to avoid, you have done a bad thing. 

You self-haters don’t get out of this either, cause you are all wonderful and shouldn’t hate yourselves in the first place, and also you would be refuted by more guidance from the bible as well (I promise we will move on from religion just stick with me). 

My neighbor is every single man and woman on this planet, whether or not I even know of their existence. While this is a difficult thing to actualize, it is the truth of the commandment. It is what should be first applied towards my actions that affect others, and honestly most good things I can do fall right out from that. 

Again, without naming any names, anyone who claims to be Christain, yet morphs and shifts the Bible so as to best fit their purposes is severely flawed and incorrect. The people who do that are not actually following directions, they are not understanding what they are reading. This is my stance, and 100% you can probably find me guilty of the same thing, do not let me pick at others while there is a log in my own eye. But just because I have my own problems doesn’t mean I don’t know what is right. In fact, the whole idea that I know what is wrong means I must also know what is right (kind of). It is the people who do not know they are wrong who you have to watch out for. 

Anyway, while maintaining an avoidance of name dropping I will focus this next bit on America. I know some Europeans have looked here before, and you people have your own problems so don’t think you are safe from my ire. But I won’t add to the chorus of voices talking on subjects they know nothing about, so I will leave you for now. 

Ok, USA time. The land of the free. Goodness gracious. 

We are all human, we all have our problems, but I would tend to think the founding fathers were at the very least attempting to be meaningful and earnest in what they wrote. So when I read in our very own Declaration of Independence, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness”, I think, “Yup, that sounds about right”. And beyond that, I agree with that. I have agreed to that. I live here for goodness sake of course I think that is true! So, when people read, “all men”, how do they somehow mix that with, “my friends”? 

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL YOU DOPES, apologies, WE ARE ALL HUMAN, WE ARE ALL PEOPLE, WE ARE ALL EQUAL. Now given this, why is my country saying that all immigrants are evil? Why are we saying that random countries in the Middle East need to be eradicated. 100% many people and places do NOT like us at all, but that gives us no reason to hate them back. And to the level that we would actively wish harm upon them is simply disheartening. We are men and women of planet Earth, and personally I would want the best possible for every single one of us. 

I am ranting now, I get very worked up about this. But, to keep ranting, why don’t we just try for once love instead of aggression? Be like a more jerky and selfish me from middle school and take a second to sit down and realize that I don’t need to reciprocate rudeness to anyone. I would defend myself and those who need it, I would speak my mind when needed, I would do many things in my own interest, yes, but I do not need to do a single thing for the detriment of others. In fact, it’s a simple lesson that oftentimes if you provide unconditional kindness, it eventually comes back around to you. 

I will speak on one last issue though. Somehow, we have gotten so blind as a society that we have switched good and bad around in many places, while still recognizing what is good and what is bad. I was under the impression that good things are good, so why when looking for people to lead do we not prioritize things like patience, kindness, compassion, and wisdom but instead we just see who has the strongest personality, who is going to do the best for me. 

Are we now saying good things are bad? Or are we just saying it’s not important to be good? Both statements would be catastrophically wrong to agree to. Good is good, undeniably good things are still good. That will not change, even if all humans thought bad was good and good was bad what is truly good would never change. Good is good whether you like it or not, so please people, I am begging, let us just try to be good, to not compromise ourselves for our benefit and to just adhere to what is blatantly good for us all. 

I want us all to get along and be happy, I would love that really. Some people somehow don’t want that. But that doesn’t matter. I love the people who don’t think that, as much as I love you reader. Because hate changes nothing, it just makes progress more difficult. So I will grow up, learn what I can and hopefully start redirecting society on a better path. 

Not only do we need such redirection, but we deserve it, you deserve it, for I should love you as myself, and you are slighted until we are truly equal.