It has been a rather depressing week for the news. Christina Grimmie got murdered brutally during a fan meet-and-greet, gunman opened fire at more than 50 people in a gay club in Orlando, insensitive comments made on the anti-Pink Dot Facebook group threatening to kill LGBTs and "watch them die for their cause", the ban on the same-sex kiss in Les Mis, Brock Turner, Donald Trump.
I realised all of them were fuelled by hate. Burning hatred for a person or a group of people. And that scares me. To think that we have forgotten that we're all brothers and sisters regardless of our religion, sexual orientation, race or whatever.
Living in a world with 7 billion people, we are bound to have our differences. But we don't need to be assholes about it. We are all made up of the same stuff - a brain to understand and a heart to empathise.
Living in a world with 7 billion people, we are bound to have our differences. But we don't need to be assholes about it. We are all made up of the same stuff - a brain to understand and a heart to empathise.
"The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that is wrong with the world."
— Paul Farmer
To be honest, I was quite disheartened after all that has been going on in the recent months (especially after I started paying closer attention to current affairs). It worries me to think that global warming is so real, intolerance towards different races, religions, sexual orientation, and even gender is so real. People are acting out crimes of violence in the name of religions that are so pure in nature. People judge and despise without sparing a thought for the reasons why others are acting the way they do. It worries me the most that many are still oblivious to the magnitude of these issues and are still playing this like a game.
Please. It's time to take world matters seriously before they get out of hand. Choose to love, accept and understand. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you want others to be tolerant and respectful towards your beliefs, learn to be tolerant towards theirs too.
The following note is written by Dalai Lama, today, with regards to the stuff that has been happening. Give it a read.
Please. It's time to take world matters seriously before they get out of hand. Choose to love, accept and understand. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you want others to be tolerant and respectful towards your beliefs, learn to be tolerant towards theirs too.
The following note is written by Dalai Lama, today, with regards to the stuff that has been happening. Give it a read.
"When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping."
— Fred Rogers
Be the change you want to see and never lose faith in a better tomorrow.
