A Balance

Far too many people think about the bad things in life. Often times just making people aware of the horrors in this world is enough to create some sort of change. But, one cannot dwell on it all the time. Thinking about how many things go wrong each day in the lives humans in general often leads to the disillusionment of the good things that happen each day to ourselves, as well as the other people. Even those who struggle for freedom, for food, for acceptance, experience good in their lives.

In such horribly dark and trying times for so many people, flames of hope still flicker everywhere. And while we should not adjust or eyes too much and forget the darkness, we cannot let it consume us, either.

Proposal:

Let us, instead of writing about only the dark or the light, write and speak of both together. We, who are lucky enough to have computers and web sites, homes and food, families and friends, need to hear the news. Not solely the bad news, that the world is falling apart around us, but the good news, also should be shared. The good news, that there are people who make it their duty, and joy in life to spread those little matches to the darkest parts of the world.

Now that I officially sound like an evangelist... I would like to make it very clear that I am in no way affiliated with any particular religion, and while I find the thought of religion a comfort, I also do not accept all the beliefs of any one organization that I have yet to hear of. So, I am not specifically talking about the philanthropists of a certain religion, but rather, of an individual’s school of thought. The thought and belief that all people are created equal, and deserve the opportunity to feel the amazing waves of emotion and luck that pass through our wealthy, American, middle class hearts and minds each day.

Spread the light with the dark. Too many of us only spread one or the other and would have all people believe that the other does not exist.