War, Peace and Global Humanity

One only has to turn on the television or read the newspaper to realise our world is full of war, injustice, senseless hatred, racism, discrimination, murder and terrorism.

We have brains capable of imagining how others might act, react, think and feel. We have books and movies which give us the opportunity to see the world from another's point of view or even from inside their hearts and minds. We have the internet and free online translation services that allow us to communicate with people from all over the world, no matter their language or home country. Yet even with books, movies and the internet to connect us and our human ability to imagine how others might think and feel, we haven't learned to live together in peace and prosperity, to share our planet together without bloodshed or violence, to coexist without trying to bend others to our will and our ways.

Source: "Colour Blind" by Acvelyen | Deviant Art

We are all human, yet relatively small differences like skin colour, religion and nationality drive wedges between us that make us blind to the truth that should be right in front of us - we are ALL human, all one family, all one people. Whether our skin is blue, green or purple, we all have skin. Whether we have red, yellow or orange eyes, we all have eyes. We all think different thoughts, feel different feelings and experience life differently. We are all different and unique, each and every one of us, both on the inside and the outside. Yet we are also all human, all part of the same great family, all part of the world of living and breathing beings coexisting on the same planet.

Thinking globally is not something that comes naturally to us yet. We still think locally and many seem to believe that life is about 'us versus them' or 'our way first' instead of 'all of us, together, all the time'. Yet if we continue on the path of disorder, discrimination and disaster we are on today, it is likely we will do a great deal of harm to our planet and the other living beings that inhabit it. As for humanity - I can only hope that some 'mad scientist' won't nuke all of us to Kingdom Come.

While I understand that global thinking isn't likely to happen overnight, I do hope to see humanity grow into a united whole in my lifetime.

"For peace to reign on Earth, humans must evolve into new beings who have learned to see the whole first."
― Immanuel Kant

Living together in peace may seem impossible right now, however I refuse to give up hope that it will be possible, one day. Call me naive, call me crazy, call me mad for believing in fairy tales, however I choose to believe that a better future is possible for humanity.

"In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again."
― Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

I hope one day we will learn to get on with others, to love our fellow humans, to live and let live, to accept unconditionally and respect and value others for who they are as people instead of for what they might look like or believe or what country they were born in. I hope one day we will be able to see beyond man-made barriers that divide us and choose, wholeheartedly, to love and accept humanity as a whole.