It scares me to think about the future. In my twenty something years of living I can probably name ten horrible events that happened in history but yet, I don't think I can enumerate ten good deeds that ever found it's way on the news. I'm sure you are all updated with the current events. It's all over the news that the infamous terrorist responsible for the 9-11 attacks has finally been killed. Thousands of people died in the 9-11 attack, people lost a mother, a father, a brother, sister, a friend, a granny, a grampa, a loved one. And now that the terrorist has finally been killed, relatives of those who died in the 9-11 attack will finally feel that somehow justice has been served.
What happens after this? When someone's leader, someone's loved one is killed the natural human reaction would be to mourn, to hate and maybe even to get back at whoever was responsible. In a game where someone kills another man, is it ever possible to just call it truce? Maybe in tv, but in the real world? We are all born humans but what makes us different from four legged beasts? Hate and revenge eats away our humanity. When hate consumes us, it eats away our soul and leaves us into heartless animals prancing around the city(our jungle) attacking anyone without fear, without guilt. When will all this madness stop?
{photo credit}Then there's the environment. Year after year there are all sorts of natural calamities but it seems that these past few years these natural disasters have been stronger than ever before. The sun that touches my skin seems to be hotter.There are less trees and more buildings and pollution.
{photo credit}I hope and pray that one day when am I asked how I see the future that I can smile and say that in the future I can have a family of my own and feel safe raising my own kids. I hope I can believe that one day the world will be a better place, that leaves would dance with the cool breeze, that the grass would be greener, that the sun would shine brighter. I pray that one day, one day we could live in a world where we treated everyone like family. I hope that one day could be today. Maybe I am but a foolish dreamer?
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23 comments:
I think the future is scary and that's a good thing. It might seem so unsure but I think that's what makes our choices now so much more important. Dreamer and foolish are two words I would not put together. It would be foolish not to dream.
The problem is that most times good deeds go untold. Unless it's Oprah or Ellen or someone big and famous with their own show that can advertise what they're doing, most good deeds are never known about.
beautiful, timely post. all we can do is hold onto that hope, and pray against all odds that it will catch hold.
So true, but we don't have to overthink because we live now, in the present :)
Evil people will always be working to cause fear stir hatred. That will never change. I think the more important thing is how we choose to respond to such violence and hatred. If we return it tit for tat than we have shown no improvement in the human race. But, if we learn to return hatred with love and violence with peace, even at the cost of our own lives...then we've reached something great.
And don't worry about the earth. It knows how to take care of itself. We do our part and it'll do it's part. I'm pretty confident in that. :)
This is a very thought-provoking post. It's true that our world seems to be going in a downward spiral, that things are getting more and more scary - but that's when people shine the brightest. When everything is going dark, people are forced to shine their light, even though they wouldn't normally want to. I notice that any time there is a tragedy, straight after it, you see the best in people. Unfortunately it's short-lived, and then people go back to their apathetic ways. I hope that one day the after-tragedy light sticks.
Great Post!!!
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The future is scary but that's something that we have to accept. Things have changed over the years and we just have to keep trucking along.
what a wonderfully written post. i fear a bit for the future as well... and it does seem that all these natural calamities over the past few years have just gotten worse and worse. i fear for the world my children are going to grow up in (it seems so different from when I was a kid!), but I have to stay positive and believe in the goodness of human-kind. because it is out there... we just have to look a little harder for it.
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And if you are a foolish dreamer, there are a few more of us around ;)
This is a profound post Mel. I don't know what the future will be like. But, I really hope people around the world, especially young people understand the impact humans have made on this planet and that there is something we can all do. We just have to believe.
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I think its very natural for all of us to be a bit scared of the future but I try to enjoy the NOW to the fullest!!! Have a great day, my dear
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i'd like that kind of world :) perhaps we should open a new city/country called kind city xD
This post makes me soooo sad, but it could not be more true. I know this makes sounds really cliche and awful, but it's terrifying to see the direction our world is going in. Sure, this world is a big, beautiful, wonderful, exciting place, but it sure is rough. :(
beautiful post. its hard for me to think too far into the future. since tomorrow is never promised, i just want to live today being the best me i can be!
ps. dancing branflake i love your last two sentences! :) so true!
I don't know if the world is any scarier than it was before, I think things are probably relevant to the time. Doesn't it make it any nicer though. And it's definitely an unsettling time, wondering if and when and where a revenge attack might take place. Just got to keep on keeping on, I suppose. Treat others the way you wish to be treated and all that.
Take care. x
Really liked this post. Very thought provoking. xxx
No, I definitely don't think you're a foolish dreamer. I think that the more of us who realize that big corporations and cutting down trees for sky-high buildings isn't good for us will become those who try to put a stop to it. While we can't help natural disasters and we can't stop all the terrible people, we can try to make small changes now that will result for a better future for our kids, grandkids, etc. I'm afraid sometimes too, but I know I'll just end up depressed if I keep thinking about it, so I try to think of the present and try to make it happier :)
I think the future is terrifying. In fact, I was just thinking the other day that I'm afraid to raise kids in this world.
What a beautiful and timely post.
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Love this post!! I am a foolish dreamer right there with you then!
I'm right there with you. I used to think about those things constantly... I've gotten to the point where I can push past that feeling of unknown most of the time, but it's still scary to think about what the future might hold for us and future generations. Beautiful post!
I hope you're not. I hope there is brighter future out there, but I'm unsure too. So unsure I'm questioning bringing a child into it. Maybe this time everything won't be okay. We need to think about that too and quit being so selfish.
thinking about the future given the current state of things terrifies me. though i'm a perpetual dreamer so i am always hoping for the best, looking for the best in people. hopefully things will turn for the better, but in the mean time, i just plan on being the best person i can be, and just pray that it will rub off on anyone around me :)
great post...very thought provoking!
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