Here’s a thought I have been having as of late, my friend:
Human beings, in and of themselves, can’t be anything but a normal human being. There is no right, no wrong, no inbetween. Simply put, to be human is to be human. There is no higher level we can reach aside from being human. No greatness can ever truly be achieved, through any means.
Case in point-
I like you. You seem OK. And other people might feel the same way. Granted, my opinion may or may not based upon very different things than the next person. This is, however, irrelevant. The important thing is, you’re OK in my book.
Thing is, though, that somewhere out there, this is someone that hates the kind of person you are. You seem like a smart person, but someone out there might hate people that come across as being “too smart” (i.e., you assess yourself as smart, you can’t help but give your opinion or insight on a topic, you always have an idea to solve a problem, etc.). Perhaps they themselves feel they lack a level of intelligence they would prefer to possess, or maybe you remind them of someone that actually pissed them off in the past because they were too smart. Whatever the case may be, you belong to a group of people that some other people hate.
Along these lines, let me offer a counter point-
You might not like me. You might think people that like music no one else has ever heard of and goes on and on about how much better some obscure band is in comparison to “mainstream music” are the worst kind of person in the world. Or you might dislike people that don’t care what they look like in public (for the most part) with your entire being. You belong to a group of people, then, that hates another group of people.
I’m not talking about race or religion, not talking about class or creed. I’m simply talking about the kind of people we all are. Each one of us is someone that someone else hates.
In this, there is nothing special about any of us. We all belong and are just as equally hated by various groups of people/persons. We each live as we are and are either loved or loathed for it by anyone and everyone, all the time.
In this, we are all simply human.
And that, my friend, is why I think we have so many problems as a species; if we would simply realize we all belong to one group, one very specific and important collection of people, then strife would cease to play a factor in the world. If we could simply see each other as human beings and not as snobs, or pretentious art fucks, or hippies, or intellectuals, or tools, or yuppies….
If we stopped and saw each other as humans, we would exist as humans and nothing else would matter.
I want so desperately to love everyone and appreciate each persons very humanity… but in the face of overwhelming hate from every corner of the Earth, how can a single ray of light break through and teach the masses?
Alas…
Added September 15, 2016
Should have titled this post “Example 103,200,321 of Young Skyler Failing a Rant”
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