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    </div><p id="69a2">I have this deep yearning inside of me to take Carl’s plea one step further and tell the world that we must love each other if we are going to survive.</p><p id="d5a2">Death is a commonplace occurrence nowadays. When I was younger, we didn’t hear about shootings, or riots, or human trafficking, or any of the other abhorrent crimes happening daily.</p><p id="5b05">We were unknowingly, blissfully unaware of such horrible atrocities.</p><p id="d6ed">With the advent of the Internet, 24-hour news channels, and a variety of different social media streams, dreadful stories of pain and death are shoved in our faces every waking minute.</p><p id="7e14">Maybe, as humans, we have had to force ourselves to become desensitized to the suffering of others. Like a safety mechanism for our sanity. I understand the need for this.</p><p id="e972">Regrettably, I believe this has had an adverse effect on humanity having any shred of empathy for humankind.</p><p id="be9a">We watch news stories and social media snippets like we watch horror movies. The anguish and brutality we see doesn’t affect us personally because it isn’t someone we know and love. It is simply not real.</p><p id="1d8f"><b>It is real though. </b>All of it. And I think it is time for us to open our eyes and our hearts to the plights of the world.</p><p id="ba74">We are all humans. All of us. Race, religion, sexual orientation, age, income level, nationality, none of it matters in the grand scheme of life.</p><p id="a031">All of us around the world are tr

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ying to survive. Attempting to create a safe and loving space for our families and friends.</p><p id="eae8">We should be celebrating our differences and how we all bring diversity into the world.</p><figure id="a950"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*eDADZCfGSnyH1F-EJnUwQQ.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://www.pexels.com/@nicholas-swatz-1200624?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels">Nicholas Swatz</a> from <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/men-wearing-crew-neck-t-shirt-2769751/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels">Pexels</a></figcaption></figure><p id="afc0">If we could all learn to move away from all of the ism’s and phobia’s in this world that negatively describe a person or group of people, I believe we could start to create a world with less violence and more love.</p><p id="fda7">We all deserve to be respected for who we are, how we choose to represent ourselves, and loved simply for the fact that we are all human beings.</p><p id="f45f">As much as I whole-heartedly agree with Carl’s article on loving all children as if they are our own, I genuinely believe that it must go beyond that.</p><p id="24f9">We must care for and love all of humanity around the entire globe as if they are our own family. We must learn to respect our diversity. Our children need to see the adults showing love and compassion, so they too can learn these traits.</p><p id="1876">The future of humankind depends on it.</p></article></body>

Want a Better Future? Love is the Solution

It is the only way we are going to survive

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon from Pexels

“Whatever the question, love is always the answer” is a quote by Wayne W. Dyer that speaks volumes to me.

I read a heartfelt article this morning by Carl L. Lane that illustrates his plea for loving all children as if they are our own.

I have this deep yearning inside of me to take Carl’s plea one step further and tell the world that we must love each other if we are going to survive.

Death is a commonplace occurrence nowadays. When I was younger, we didn’t hear about shootings, or riots, or human trafficking, or any of the other abhorrent crimes happening daily.

We were unknowingly, blissfully unaware of such horrible atrocities.

With the advent of the Internet, 24-hour news channels, and a variety of different social media streams, dreadful stories of pain and death are shoved in our faces every waking minute.

Maybe, as humans, we have had to force ourselves to become desensitized to the suffering of others. Like a safety mechanism for our sanity. I understand the need for this.

Regrettably, I believe this has had an adverse effect on humanity having any shred of empathy for humankind.

We watch news stories and social media snippets like we watch horror movies. The anguish and brutality we see doesn’t affect us personally because it isn’t someone we know and love. It is simply not real.

It is real though. All of it. And I think it is time for us to open our eyes and our hearts to the plights of the world.

We are all humans. All of us. Race, religion, sexual orientation, age, income level, nationality, none of it matters in the grand scheme of life.

All of us around the world are trying to survive. Attempting to create a safe and loving space for our families and friends.

We should be celebrating our differences and how we all bring diversity into the world.

Photo by Nicholas Swatz from Pexels

If we could all learn to move away from all of the ism’s and phobia’s in this world that negatively describe a person or group of people, I believe we could start to create a world with less violence and more love.

We all deserve to be respected for who we are, how we choose to represent ourselves, and loved simply for the fact that we are all human beings.

As much as I whole-heartedly agree with Carl’s article on loving all children as if they are our own, I genuinely believe that it must go beyond that.

We must care for and love all of humanity around the entire globe as if they are our own family. We must learn to respect our diversity. Our children need to see the adults showing love and compassion, so they too can learn these traits.

The future of humankind depends on it.

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