Are you interested in politics? Do you watch the news? Do you feel sorrow when you hear about men killing each other? If the answer to all these questions is yes then you are not alone. It really brings grief to the heart when you see what politics can do to people.
Different ideologies always existed in the world, different religions never seized to exist yet, somehow what always starts as a good idea turns into blood feud. We all know that the road to hell is paced with good intentions. The crimes of man against his brothers is everywhere some are small some are beyond reasoning, but none even compare to the crime of amputating spirit. Nothing explains the murder of the innocent.
Every man will defend his beliefs to the last breath, but is it enough reason to hate and despise others? Some ideologies and beliefs are considered barbaric and wrong by other beliefs but should man kill those who don't share his own. Should a man raise himself above his brothers just because they believe differently? In some parts of the world people of same religion but different ideology kill each other and for what? For seeing things differently? For trying to reach the same goal but in a different way?
The struggles for power has always been in our history but the questions that are rarely asked are; why are we seeking power? What will we do with that power? Will we abuse what was given to us? Will we become corrupted by the feeling of that power?
There were times in history were people of different religions and ideologies lived side by side in harmony. But the interference of politics in the lives of men ruins it all. Countries seek to cheat each other and expand their control over others to benefit the most at the cheapest costs. Why can't we just fulfill each others' needs? Each of us has something that can benefit the other. The presence of borders and boundaries became so abused that wars are fought for the smallest of things, and no one want to relinquish because it will be taken as a sign of weakness.
Mercy and forgiveness are the greatest gifts bestowed upon us, yet their use is diminishing everyday. It seems that everyone is taking others as enemies and for the smallest of reasons. Competitiveness is important to progress we all agree on that, but it is ridiculous when the competition turns to hatred. I can't see a situation which can't be settled peacefully. Just choose a judge or more who all sides see as just and he or they will have the final word in the matter.
We must all remember that it is easier to destroy than to build. And build we shall, yet it is a mockery how one want the other to build the wall alone. A wall has two sides, each one of us must build his side. You put a brick and I put a brick and the wall shall rise higher and higher until we can build the highest of towers and the strongest of fortresses.
Together all of us no matter what we believe in we shall leave monuments and achievements that can defy time. Each of us want to leave his mark on the world, so lets do it by building not by destroying. Let's work and build and prove to ourselves before we prove it to the world that we are great, that we can make a contribution, and that we will leave our mark. And not just any mark but a mark that will stand tall and mark our presence for thousands of years.
So if you see what I see, if you feel as I feel, and if you would seek as I seek, then I ask you to stand beside me, and build a world we can live in with no shame, no sorrow, and no worries from today!! Dedicate yourself to the perfection of what you are doing, to learn and progress, to become something more than just another man. You must realize that on your shoulders hangs the mantle of responsibility for those with lesser insight, courage, and vision. You are charged with no less.
You will never know yourself until you live the experience, you are only bound by bounds of your own choosing, if you would accomplish what you most desire, let go of what most weighs you down. Recognize when you have exceeded your reach. Give heed to what is meant to be and do not question or regret or try to subvert it.
Your journey through life is a valuable one; you journey to fulfill a dream. What you accomplish will cost you and those with you. For some, it will cost everything. Remember, It is not the result that matters; it is the journey that counts