What The World Needs

for a world that is turning into its own dismay

"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." – Anne Frank.

Recently, I’ve been thinking about how the world has turned out to be.

Suicide statistics are increasing, daily you hear about someone falling into depression, every now and then a shooting in a public place occurs. Injustice, segregation, and exclusion are the normal. Violations to our rights is the new constitution, democracy is unheard of, the voiceless are nonexistent, money governs the world, and we spend more time wondering about living in outer space to notice everything that is going on around us.

Families are separating, friends are rare, and a stranger is insignificant. Libraries are an antique, schools are our new parks, universities are for the rich. Sex is for fun, love is in fairytales, and murder is the most ordinary thing there could ever be. Happiness is a strange feeling, hurt is the usual, and anger or hate is our main drive.

So, what is it that the world needs?

You know that saying: “there is a thin line between love and hate”? It is said because for you to hate something, you have to love it first. The only emotion that is so powerful that can consume the human body is love. Still, there is always a yin to the yang; hate is the yang of love’s yin. The only way our bodies can actually assimilate the concept of not loving is by hating, but even then, that is not healthy. That is why, if you really hate or detest something or someone, you start to ignore it. Why waste your energy with such a nasty feeling?

The world needs more love. If people were to love more, life would have a bigger meaning and appreciation. If people were to love more, everyone would be empathetic and have compassion towards the problems of others. If people were to love more, we would be sticking together.

Society needs to actually learn and practice morals and ethics. With morals and ethics, life would be a sacred concept – not an idea, but a whole concept by itself. With morals and ethics, hurt and pain could lessen. With morals and ethics, all rights – Born Rights, Human Rights, Constitutional Rights – would be respected. With morals and ethics, we’d be more conscious of the damage that we are causing to the Earth, our only home.

If people were to love more, we could have bad days, but we’d enjoy the good days more. If people were to practice morals and ethics, our world wouldn’t be so lost.

What the world needs is a change. It cannot happen when the majority of society is blinded by the greed-hate-oblivious cloud that looms among most. The change starts with the little actions that we make. The little things, that for us, may seem insignificant, but for others mean the world.

What will be your something different each day? What will you bring to the world?

What will you change?

I’ve had this idea on my mind for the longest of times. If we all do #somethingdifferent each day, our lives would be so much better. The idea behind it is that if we do small things to change our monotonous life, we will be happier. If we are happy, that reflects upon those around us. #somethingdifferent can be as simple as going on a different route to work; assisting a person to cross the street; do that project that’s been on your mind; smiling to those around you; helping pick up the books or papers of someone; appreciate things that you give for granted.

Do #somethingdifferent and see how little by little your life, and those around you, will change.

My #somethingdifferent of the day is to stop thinking about the excuses and actually start doing what I know will make me happy. I even started my diet today!

What will be your #somethingdifferent?

– Ciana Isabel