Ingredients for a Human:
1 Heart full of excess love to share
1 Brain to think and create and wonder
2 Eyes to view beauty
1 Nose to smell the enticing earth
2 Lips with which one explores
2 Ears which hear the symphonies of day and night
2 Arms and 2 hands in order to embrace
2 Legs and 2 feet in order to connect with the earth
Every person on this planet is composed of the same raw material. We are all in this together. Why do we find it necessary to be prejudiced—to hate and ridicule one another? Is there really such a thing as an ideal person? It seems that we are all trying to be like the other.
White people tan so their skin will be darker. Black people bleach their skin to appear whiter. Tall people slouch so as to appear shorter. Short people wear high heels so as to appear taller. Colored contacts. Hair dye. Breast enhancements. Breast reductions.
The lists are quite extensive. Why can we not be satisfied with what has been given to us? Why can we not accept what has been given to others?
What happened to the love that was demonstrated at Woodstock? What happened to embracing those around us—regardless of their nationality, creed, or persona? The world is full of angry people pointing fingers and stabbing colleagues in the back. Would it be so difficult to set our selfish motives aside for once? Even for a day?
What would happen if for one day the entire nation “loved their neighbor”? Lives would be changed. Hope and inspiration would flourish. The results would be overwhelming. Perhaps one kind word would prevent someone from committing suicide. Perhaps two dollars given to a homeless person would give him enough money to wash his clothes. A day spent clearing wreckage from Katrina might uncover someone’s lost treasure. Saying hello to that person you usually ignore on your morning commute might change their outlook on their day.
As individuals and as a nation we have become selfishly absorbed in our worlds. Let’s start a better future. Today. Right now. Do something for someone you DON’T love. Someone you DON’T know. Even the smallest act of kindness means something. After all, it’s the little things that are done in love that mean the most.
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I know what you mean...I hate prejudices in any form...I'm usually one of the first to stand up for someone even if I don't like them...and I don't know why we can't be happy with what we have...I'm trying to become more comfortable with what I have...but it's really really hard
I think we all have some kind of inferiority complex...b/c we always know that someone out there has a life better than our own...thus we seek what they have thinking it will make our lives better too...and if we get there...then we just find someone even better off...it's like a vicious cycle of self-loathing and insecurity...and I think that also has a lot to do with the hatred of others b/c after we've sought the betterment on the first level there is now someone beneath us and we treat them as such...it's really sad to think about and to witness
I have many relatives who go through this vicious thought process. They hate lawyers, doctors, and CEOs of big-name companies because of the "good money" they make. Complaining about lack of money is a cornerstone of many personalities. Television, marketing, showing off, you know what I mean. All these things influence us to think that we are not well-off, that we need to have more in order to mean more. I knew people in high school who decided to study hard just to get out of their own social class. Society today is not thankful for provisions of food, clothing, housing, and cars. I can attest to this in the United States and abroad. I visited the Middle East and saw that people there were complaining about the fact that somebody had more millions that somebody else!!! It is blindingly selfish to forget that there are so many people starving to death when every needed and somewhat coveted accommodation has been made to the whiner. The best thing to do in the context of this conversation is to be satisfied and continue to work hard to reach new economic limits. Continuing to push forward healthily and getting something out of your hard work is better than sitting on your butt, and in the middle of watching a movie, say out loud to the crowd that so and so is sacrificing his happiness in order to become happy by making a lot of money. We need to realize that becoming more rich may lead to a self-defeating desire to have more money. Left unchecked, we will never stop being unhappy.