I keep seeing an abundance of facebook statuses lately to the tune of "what is our world coming to!?" "The world is going to shit!" ya know, things of that nature. I'm guessing you have probably seen the same if you too are a member of crackbook. Yes, there are many scary and painful things happening in the world right now that have me crying into my coffee almost daily but there always has been. It's just with social media, we have become a LOT more aware of what is going on around this planet. Does that mean that things have gotten worse for us as a human race in more recent history? the truth as I see it is, Yes AND No. We have regressed in so many stupid ways that I sometimes feel I'm going cross eyed and we have also come a loooong way in other respects but that is for a different post. (Maybe someone else's) So with that I say this:
A lot of our reality is so disheartening and heartbreaking. It becomes harder these days to be ignorant to it which can be depressing but it also gives us the power and choice to take some action if we feel inclined. If we let our collective consciousness, as it pertains to the current state of the world, (which we ALL had part in creating whether we want to admit that or not) be one that is predominantly negative, bitter and fear based and one that despises the human race (us), then things will never get any better, they will actually get worse.
I believe people are generally good. We're struggling but everyone, besides maybe the odd Bernardo or Dahmer is capable of love. I'm not trying to preach here. I work daily to simply turn petty, bitchy moods into good ones, sometimes without success but I really try. Like this morning I was feeling real "womp womp" and sorry for myself so I threw on some Robyn and had a small solo dance party and felt so much better after. Remember how our buddy Ghandi told us to be the change we wish to see in the world? (No wiser words I believe) If you wish "people" were less violent, don't scream and swear at the terrible driver next to you, If you wish "people" weren't such assholes don't be such a dick to the telemarketer who calls you whenever it's most inconvenient and drop any excuse you have to justify your dick-ness. Ugh but I hate telemarketers and how on EARTH did they get my number!?? where was I?...Oh yeah, also remember how Hugh Grant In Love Actually said "If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around." He's right, it's truuueee! The ugliness that goes on worldwide is a by product of lack of love. There are only two forces; Love and lack of it. We are all responsible no matter how big or small a scale we are dealing with.
Story break! Allow me to entertain you with a not so shining moment of mine;
A couple of weeks ago I had an irritating gym monkey breathing down my neck all night. After the first few times he stepped inside my personal space I was polite. I told him almost immediately that I had a boyfriend to which he reacted as if I just farted and walked away without a word. Rude. The final time he came up to me, leaning all of his huge body mass on me and breathing into my ear, I calmly and as politely as I could, told him that I didn't want to talk to him. His response: "WHY!?" my response; "Because to be honest, I think you are rude" THEN!....This fine young gentleman told me that I was in fact the one who was rude, I was a fucking bitch and he hoped I'd get hit my a BUS! Well my hand just involuntarily flew at his face and I delivered an oscar worthy slap. Am I proud of it? No. But I'm also not evolved enough to promise I wouldn't do it differently. The point of this story though is that what I DO understand is no matter the reason or justification, there is a correlation between my one small violent act and the state of the world and I would be ignorant to say that there isn't. Any time we excuse our actions with a "they started it, they deserved it" etc we are truly not getting the picture. Through gritted teeth I wish that guy welllllll.
What about this? If we have lost faith in humanity so much that a buzz feed article about "15 small human acts of kindness" have us freaking out and sharing it all over social media with captions like "FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED!" then we need to check ourselves. Those things are so wonderful of course and should be celebrated but they shouldn't be so completely foreign and novel to us. Things like that are literally happening ALL the time. We actually just need to focus our awareness on those things and they will be everywhere we look. Better yet, why not instead DO 15 small acts of kindness ourselves? Because that shit is awesome! lets do more of it! And lets try not to lose our faith in humanity in the first place. Lets KEEP the faith so that it no longer needs to be restored. Maybe put money in someones parking meter or return a lost wallet and...DUN DUN DUN...Don't post it as your status for all to applaud;) Sorry that was cynical and kinda bitchy buuuutttt.....it's noted and Im going to work on that ok?
I'll leave you with this awesome clip of famous movie slaps to make your day which coincidentally is called "Glove, actually" THE. BEST!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9p2R-2qKhg
