Everything is gonna be alright.

Our time and space is characterized by a lack of forgiveness and a lack of understanding. How prevalent is it that We choose ignorance and provide for the absence of compassion when all We really crave is for someone to try to understand the unique and specialized individuals we have grown into...

Our parents would never have dreamed to have children, before their times, contemplate taking their own lives. Our parents were the golden generation, just as their parents were even more gilded.

I don't know if their were philosophers before this day and age, but my generation is that of latent wisdom overcome by zeal and headstrong defiance of standardized values (even those values distinctly formulated by individuals other than ourselves). We choose not to understand our brothers and sisters; and We choose to cover our lack of understanding with the simple phrase "That is weird" or "That is so stupid".

Where has the hope gone? And when did we trade in a beautiful, dynamic, and healing world for a stagnant one filled with stoicism?

Why is it so hard to change?

I wouldn't say it's too farfetched to say that, as We grow, We succumb to the socialized standard of giving up foolish dreams of peace and love for the more reasonable paper-pushing future. We shell out ourselves of innocence and wonder why our children are growing up so fast...We wonder how infants can support semi-automatic weapons in their tiny little hands. We breed killers and racists and atheists by forcing institutions onto children who never recieve the opportunity to breathe fresh air (free from responsibility). Men cannot show affection without the cold stares of those eager to point out another homosexual. Women cannot enjoy of their sexuality without being branded whores. And We all feel the tugs and twitches in this web that, as the good doctor says, keeps us "inextricably bound."

When did religion divorce itself of virtue? It has to be the people... Religion is just a concept, a word that We give too much power. Just as any other label, it narrows the scope of who a person is and who they can be. There are millions of Christians and millions of Christs; There are millions of Buddhists and millions of Buddahs; There are millions of Taoists and millions of various Tao. This, all being reasonable, comes natural to our white-holes of perception and interpretation. Each person cannot maintain individuality and hold that their ideas are the exact same as every single member of their congregation.

There is beauty in this notion! No other person thinks the exact same way as you; and it is in this altered perception that, in our times of great internal struggle and utter bewilderment, we find some form of solace and, perhaps, even salvation from living an unbearably static life. It is in these epiphanies that our glassy eyes are rescued from the darkness and are once again returned to a natural state of luster...all too fleeting.

Our eyes of glass reflect so much and I hope never to be one to surmise the rhyme or reason that, out of the trillions of miles that span the universe, our speck in space-time was seemingly chosen to foster the formation of diverse macromolecules capable of producing intangibles and abstracts that have been found in no other space or time.

It is unfortunate that We live in a dying world, a world where morals are on the decline, where monetary value is placed on life, a world where everyday We wake up and make the conscious decision not to take our own lives. It shouldn't be that way. It should never be that way.

But We sit and speculate about the things that We should have, could have, would have done differently. We teach our youth history, but we don't teach them not to repeat it. We let the lace and bow elude us and our future grows as insecure as our waxy flesh.

Change marks the development of mankind. Never believe that little changes here and there are not of importance. Every little difference made is significant. One difference multiplied by millions of people is not "one little change." This is substantial.

So when someone sneezes, regardless of who it is, say bless you. When someone needs spare change, be the one to provide it. When someone needs a smile, share yours. And when someone needs a shoulder to lean on and an ear to listen, hold their hand firmly, stare into their eyes, and tell them: "I am here for you..."

"Everything is gonna be alright."

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