Could You Spare Some Change?

All too often in my life I have so much free time on my hands, and I can't help but think, "what is so horribly wrong with humanity?" We act so strangely toward one another, trying to love some, hate others, and exploit who ever we can along the way to make our lives that much better. People regularly ask, "what will I get out of this," before doing any task. We are so self oriented as a species it seems almost impossible to believe in peace and goodness among people because even if hate were removed, people would still hurt each other. Some of the most deplorable acts can occur with no malice, or hate, but simply a person's desire to benefit individually over another. Even when people join together, united by a similar cause, the reason they are united isn't because they all desire the same thing for themselves and those whom they've joined, they just want the goal for themselves. If these people could accomplish their goal individually they would, but it is the necessity of others that makes them band together.

So then how can I ever hope for peace if people are just inherrently bad? Well for the most part we are bad, self serving, ignorant characters. Even the best of us are vulnerable to lowering ourselves to this pathetic level. However we humans may be creatures of habit, but we are also creatures of change. Trends come and go, and we follow them, shape our lives to what we may believe to be popular, then once the next fad rolls around, we change all over again. What if appreciation for fellow human beings were made into a fad, a trend, the "cool" thing to do? And what if as a trend it lasted, and became a social norm. Then we wouldn't be so deplorable after all.

SO what would be the best way to get this trend going? How can we change our habits, because after all at times it can feel good to hate, be agressive, make gains at another person's expense? Well if the true value of each human life were known and made clear, that each person has the potential to improve the lives of every other person on this planet, then maybe those people we hate, or look to take advantage start to look better, and more valuable, holding everyone to be as important as we value ourselves to be. Peace is not something that can be won with conservatism, our old ways have lead us to war, and change is what may bring about peace, but we have to want it. We have to take the problem seriously, and make the change happen.