I don’t share my opinion about social, political, or religious issues very often. It causes such an uproar and headache I’d rather keep what I think and feel to myself. Recent events have really touched my heart and I just wanted to share a couple of thoughts. It’s likely they won’t matter to anyone but I want to share anyway.
First, to all the Grade School Kids out there, hating your life to the point of ending it is not OK. Allowing someone to make you feel like your life isn’t worth living is not OK. There is a whole big world out there filled with people ready to welcome you with open arms. There is a great deal of acceptance, friendship, companionship, and above all LOVE just waiting for you. Come and find us, we’ll be waiting!! It breaks my heart that babies want to end their life before they’ve even lived.
Second, we as the “Open Minded” need to make sure we’re tolerant at all time otherwise the fight becomes hypocrisy. Accepting others for their beliefs, opinions, and ways of life; though we may disagree; are all part of the fight. If we don’t accept how can we expect to be accepted?
Third, and a bit more close to home (location, location, location), I would like to remind a few Religious Organizations (not only local religion) there was a time when you were persecuted and judged based on your way of life and views. You wanted to the freedom to live and worship in a way that worked for you and your life. Is it going to take the loss of lives for others to be granted the same freedoms and rights you were granted?
I guess what upsets me the most is when people bring God into the situation. I heard something once and it has always stuck with me….”Unless you have sat down face to face with God and heard it come out of his mouth, you cannot speak for Him.” There is not one soul on this earth that has the right or the knowledge to question whether or not a person’s way of life is wrong or tell them it’s not what God wanted. The beauty of life is that we don’t know and probably won’t until we’ve reached the end. We are here on a journey to discover life and to find out who we are. I suppose there would be a right or a wrong way if we are all the same. Looked the same talked the same dressed the same came from the same people….but we didn’t. How can we establish a right way or a wrong way when we’re all so different? God loves his children unconditionally. He doesn’t exclude the fat kid, or the Gay man, or the poor family. Hatred and intolerance came from us; from within. We have created this pain and we are the only ones that can fix it.
Last, the word NORMAL is stupid word. I looked it up on http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/normal and the definitions they had made me laugh. Conforming to a type, standard, or regular pattern, according with, constituting, or not deviating from a norm, rule, or principle. My personal favorite was – free from mental disorder. Seems to me that if you up in someone’s business about their lifestyle, religion, weight, clothing, family, race, job, or politics you suffer from a Mental Disorder. I guess if you’ve never broken a “rule” or done something different than your friends…you’re normal. I really don’t know anyone like that….Do You???
Why can’t we just be? If my life, my choices, my sexual orientation, my weight, my clothes, my family, my religious views, my job, my bank account do not directly involve you; why do you care so much?
My heart breaks for the children that have to face this; who feel that their only option is to leave a life they’ve haven’t even lived. Stare at the face of YOUR child. Imagine them feeling so unloved and in such pain that they would take their own life. Love your kids for who they are. Show them that your heart, home, and arms are a safe place for them to be. Teach them to be excited about their life!! I’m telling ya – life is definitely worth living when you fill it with the right kind of people!!
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