TAKING IT FOR GRANTED.

EVERY MORNING WHEN YOU OPEN YOUR EYES, YOU OPEN THEM TO A NEW DAY, A NEW DAY FILLED WITH OPPORTUNITIES AND POSSIBILITIES SO THAT YOU MAY SUCCEED AND MAKE THE BEST OF YOUR LIFE.
YOU ARE SO BLESSED YET MANY OF US OVER LOOK AND TAKE FOR GRANTED THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SIGHT, WE CAN HEAR, SMELL, TOUCH AND FEEL BUT YET STILL WE COMPLAIN AND BE NEGATIVE EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE GRATEFUL FOR.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT CAN NOT SEE, CAN NOT HEAR, CAN NOT WALK BUT YET THEY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LITTLE THAT THEY DO HAVE, MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD THAT ARE DYING DUE TO STARVATION, FAMINE, MANY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD NOT EVEN SURE WHERE THEY WILL LAY THEIR HEADS TO SLEEP THE NEXT TIME THEY WOULD LIKE TO SLEEP BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO HOMES, NO BELONGINGS DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEIR HOMES AND BELONGINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY WAR AND CONFLICT, MOTHERS AND CHILDREN MAKE THE JUNGLES AND THE WILD THEIR TEMPORARY HOMES EVEN THOUGH IT AINT SAFE, ITS A CHANCE THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO TAKE, A CHANCE AGAINST NATURE AND ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT INCLUDING WILD ANIMALS.
YET WE HAVE HOMES, WITH WARM BEDS, MIGHT NOT BE THE MOST COMFORTABLE BEDS OR THE BEST LOOKING HOUSES BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE FAR WORSE OFF THAN WHAT WE ARE AND WE TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY ONE THAT THEY MAY CALL FAMILY, BEING ALONE IN THE WORLD, WOMAN THAT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED AND DRAWN INTO SLAVERY AGAINST THEIR WILL, KIDS ARE BEING USED TO TRAFFIC DRUGS AND BE SEXUAL SLAVES AGAINST THEIR WILL, YET WE TAKE FOR GRANTED ALL THE GOOD THAT WE HAVE.
IMAGINE NOT HAVING ANY ARMS OR LEGS BUT BEING ALIVE AND HAVING TO LIVE LIKE THAT DAY TO DAY, NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOURSELF, BEING BORN AND ABANDONED AT BIRTH GROWING UP WITH A STIGMA THAT YOU WERE'NT WANTED BY YOU BIOLOGICAL PARENT/S YET WE HAVE BOTH PARENTS IN OUT LIVES AND WE OVER LOOK THE FACT THAT THEY ARE REALLY OUT THERE WORKING HARD SO THAT THEY MAY GIVE US A BETTER LIFE.
YES WE MAY NOT HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE EVER DESIRED BUT WE HAVE ENOUGH, ENOUGH FOR US TO MAKE IT THROUGH EACH DAY, ENOUGH FOR US TO BE BETTER OFF THAN THOSE THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE AND THOSE THAT HAVE NOTHING.
LETS STOP TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED AND START APPRECIATING ALL THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR LIVES BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS SOME ONE THAT IS WORSE OFF THAN WHAT YOU ARE.
CAN YOU IMAGINE NOT BEING ABLE TO GET A EDUCATION, NOT BEING ABLE TO READ OR WRITE DUE TO THE FACT THAT YOUR COUNTRY HAS NO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM, NO TEACHERS TO TEACH, GOING THROUGH LIFE IN THE DARK.
YET THE BASIC EDUCATION THAT WE DO GET IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
WE NEED TO SIT BACK AND TAKE STOCK OF OUR LIVES, PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE NOTHING BUT STILL SEEM TO BE SMILING AND APPRECIATING THE LITTLE THAT THEY DO HAVE YET US THAT ARE MORE FORTUNATE ARE ALWAYS COMPLAINING, ALWAYS NEGATIVE WE NEED TO STOP TAKING ALL THAT WE HAVE FOR GRANTED.

ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STRIVING FOR THE BEST EDUCATION, WANTING TO BE  IN THE TOP THREE IN YOUR CLASS OR EVEN IN YOUR GRADE?
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO STICKING TO YOUR PROMISE, STANDING UP TO THE WRONGS AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT?
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO SHARING AND CARING, EMBRACING EACH OTHER AS IF I WERE YOUR BROTHER?
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
THESE DAYS ITS ALL ABOUT THE RAT RACE, WHO GETS TO THE FINISH LINE FIRST, DOING WHAT EVER IT TAKES, TO GET THERE FIRST, EVEN IF IT MEANS BETRAYING YOUR FRIEND, STEALING FROM YOUR PARTNER, JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET YOUR WAY AND YOU ARE VICTORIOUS.
THERE IS A PROVERB THAT SAYS THE ONE HAND SHOULD WASH THE OTHER HAND, SIMILARLY, IF I SCRATCH YOUR BACK, YOU SCRATCH MINE MEANING IF YOU DO THIS FOR ME I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU VERY SIMILAR TO BARTERING OR TRADING BUT IS THAT A YESTER YEAR TRADITION?
THESE DAYS EVERYONE SAYS ONE THING BUT DOES THE TOTAL OPPOSITE AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?
THE YOUTH ARE STRAYING FURTHER AND FURTHER AWAY FROM THE MORALS AND VALUES, DISRESPECTING THEIR ELDERS AS IF ITS A NORM, NEVER WILLING TO GIVE A HELPING HAND REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, ALWAYS WANTING SOMETHING IN RETURN FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO.
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH EVER SINCE THE TURN OF THE MILLENIUM, THE IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE BECOME THE NOT SO IMPORTANT THINGS AND THE NOT SO IMPORTANT THINGS HAVE BECOME PRIORITY IN MANY LIVES BUT WHY IS THIS SO?
YOUTH OF TODAY WOULD MUCH RATHER BE OUT DOING DRUGS OR INTOXICATING THEM SELVES WITH SOME OR OTHER SUBSTANCE INSTEAD OF TRYING TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES SO THAT THEY MAY IMPROVE THEIR LIVES TO BE BETTER, TO DO BETTER AND HAVE A BETTER LIFE, A SENSE OF BEING AND JUST OVERALL ENJOY LIFE MUCH MORE BUT YET AGAIN I ASK ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
HAVE WE BECOME THE SLAVES OF THE LOST GENERATION OR ARE WE UNDER A SPELL OF SOME SORT THAT WE ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE GOOD AND THE BAD OR HAS THE BAD JUST BEEN DISGUISED SO WELL THAT WE CAN LONGER TELL THE TWO APART?
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT?
WE NEED TO DIG DEEP AND GO BACK INTO TIME AND BACK TRACK, FIND WHERE WE WENT WRONG AND TRY EVEN IF THAT'S ALL WE DO TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE OR WOULD YOU SAY THAT WE HAVE ALREADY LOST THE BATTLE AND THE WAR.
ARE WE LOSING THE PLOT???

AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER???

ARE YOU YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER? YOU MAY SAY YES MY BLOOD BROTHER, I'LL MAKE SURE I LOOK AFTER HIM AND MAKE SURE THAT HE IS ALWAYS SAFE AND THAT I ALWAYS HAVE HIS BEST INTEREST AT HEART.

IF WE SHOULD EVALUATE THE STATEMENT "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER" IS THIS ONLY REFERRING TO YOUR MATERNAL SIBLING, WITH WHOM YOU SHARE PARENTAL GENES OR IS THERE MORE TO THE STATEMENT THAN THAT?

MANY TIMES ONE WILL HERE CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS REFER TO THEIR FRIENDS AS A BROTHER FROM ANOTHER MOTHER, MEANING MY FRIEND, MY BROTHER AND I CARE ABOUT YOU.

SHOULD WE NOT LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER REGARDLESS OF OUR PARENTAL GENES.LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER AND LOVE AND CARE FOR EACH OTHER.

WHY IS IT SO EASY FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO HURT AND WANT TO DESTROY THEIR FELLOW HUMAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS, IS IT REALLY THAT EASY FOR ONE PERSON TO STOP AND DECIDE THAT I WANT TO END ANOTHER HUMAN BEINGS LIFE, MY BROTHER, IS IT REALLY SO HARD FOR ME TO BE MY BROTHERS KEEPER.

WILL I STOP AT NOTHING TO BE THE BEST, TO HAVE THE BEST BY KILLING AND CHEATING AND STEALING FROM MY BROTHER.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO LOVING THY NEIGHBOUR. TREATING ALL OF CREATION WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.

EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT FAIL WE HERE ABOUT A MURDER THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD, ARE WE NOT ALL DESCENDANTS FROM A LONG LINE, ALL ROOTED FIRMLY ON THE FAMILY TREE, THAT STRETCHES FROM GENERATIONS, TO GENERATIONS.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR ME TO BE MY BROTHERS KEEPER, LOOK OUT FOR HIM, CARE FOR HIM AND BE THE PERSON THAT SHINES MY LIGHT BRIGHT, BEING INFLUENTIAL, IN TURNING OUR WORLD INTO A BETTER PLACE, ENDING THE WAR AGAINST EACH OTHER, LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, MAKING OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE, A PLACE THAT IT IS MEANT TO BE,LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER, REGARDLESS OF OUR DIRECT FAMILY LINKS OR RELATIONS.

LETS STOP THE HATRED AND PREJUDICE, LETS STAND TOGETHER AND BE THE WONDERFUL, LOVING PEOPLE THAT WE ARE THAT WERE MEANT TO BE.

                                               

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