My number one, least favorite things in the world are this:
Insensitivity
Unkindness
Disrespect
Disregard for others
Hatred towards anyone for anything
EVERYONE.
JUST.
STOP.
In my posts so far, I am generally peasant. There was one
where I was pretty pointed with my opinion, but I did my best to be respectful.
Sorry if it wasn’t respectful enough. But if you’ve been with me thus far, you
know that I am an incredibly passionate person (Duh, you don’t have to repeat
it every five minutes). I’m also very reserved when it comes to sharing my opinions
on matters. Or you may think I am.
In my first blog post I said that I get so passionate about
things that it leaves me emotionally and physically exhausted, and I have to
get my thoughts out or else they’ll eat at me. I’m not kidding about the
physically exhausted part. I was writing my thoughts about something the other
day, and I was shaking. When I was
talking about it with my family, my voice was shaking. I’m not going to expound on what it is, because all that will
do is get me angry and I don’t want to be angry. At the end of the day, my
opinion is just as valuable as those of which I disagree.
But when I see a stab at someone on Facebook I feel it. Whenever someone demeans
another I feel it. Whenever they pass
wrongful judgement I feel it. When
someone goes ahead and attacks Christians and calls them “insane?” It’s a stab
to the heart. When someone accuses Democrats of something, I feel just as hurt
as if they were accusing Republicans. Even as I’m sitting here writing, my
whole body is shaking with sorrow and hurt; that’s just a part of my
personality. I feel things on such a deep level, it takes a lot out of me. I
promise this is the only time I’m ever going to get as upset as I am right now.
I am just sick and tired of everyone arguing.
We have a right to disagree.
We do NOT have ANY right WHATSOEVER to be disagreeable. Just
because you can say something doesn’t
mean you should. It is not your
constitutional right to decide what is to be done with a man who shot a lion.
What he did was wrong, but it is not up to you to ruin his life, his family’s
lives, and the lives those who worked for him.
We must, without a doubt, stand up for what we believe in.
But it is possible to do that without belittling one another. You
want to put the rainbow in your profile picture to show your support for gay
marriage? I will respect your civil statement that you believe in and stand for
something. I will not look at that and think any less of you. As far as I’m
concerned, we are good friends; I say that with the utmost sincerity. What I
will not support is personalized attacks on people or groups of people. I think
what we need to realize is that by doing that, we are accusing every single
person that is affiliated with that group. I don’t think we realize the affect
our written and spoken words have on people; they genuinely hurt, and that’s
not okay. I swear, if I see one more disrespectful post about republicans or
democrats, I’mma start unfriending people. I can’t willingly go to Facebook if
I know that all I’m going to see is battlegrounds for a war between political
and religious parties.
This is not what this country fought for. We did not fight
for the right to belittle someone. People did not risk their lives just so we
could go on hating each other. This country was fought for so we could have the
right to stand for something we believe in and not fear for our lives. Can we
honestly say that this is the case? Are people not threatened because of their
beliefs? Are they not ridiculed and hated simply because their opinions are
different?
What I can’t believe is that people are okay with this. They’re
okay with the war that’s going on right here on American soil; they may even be
encouraging it. When has fighting ever gotten anyone anywhere? Remember the
saying, “if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all?” Where did
that go? When did people start stepping all over that?
Can you imagine what we as a country could do if we actually
tried working together? We might actually be in terrible danger of GETTING
somewhere. There is not ONE PERSON on
this Earth that can honestly say to me that they feel better when they hate
their enemy as opposed to when they love their enemy. It is physically
impossible to feel joy from hatred. We aren’t asked to love our enemies because
it’s easy; we’re asked because in the long-run, everyone will be happier. So
why would we do it? Why would anyone choose hate over love?
I’m sorry if I’m sounding preachy. I’m not trying to put
myself on this pedestal; I know I have my flaws. But one thing I can say with
confidence is that I will never purposely try to hurt someone. Ever. If I hurt
you, then I am genuinely sorry. We can all
do more to show more kindness towards one another. I’m positive that it won’t
hurt in any way. Change starts with the individual. We have to make a conscious
decision to love someone instead of hate them. It seems impossible, but it’s
not; if it was, it wouldn’t be asked of us.
Sorry for being a Debbie downer. Most of you know that I’m a
pretty pleasant person. But all the negativity I’ve been feeling from every
direction is driving me insane, and I felt like I was going to implode if I
didn’t say something. So this is me, letting go of that negativity. Here, I’ll
even give you a picture of the Redwoods.
Isn’t that better?
On another note, this post has probably been the most emotionally
draining. So if you don’t see me for a few days, you’ll know why; I’m okay,
just tired.
So please be nice.
Please.