Not Political or Religious Statements, just random musing from my inner 5 year-old.
Why do we get all up in arms and to the point of violence when an animal is killed to put food on the table and we do not bat an eye when a plant gets killed for the same purpose? Are they not both living things? Are they not like you and I, here to live until we die? We all need oxygen and water to survive.
Why are we passing laws for or against guns? Why are we not making bigger strides in mental health issues? A well-adjusted, socially apt person does not go legally purchase a gun and kill people.
Why do we take it so personally when someone commits suicide? What does it have to do with us? If they want to take their own lives, why do we get a say in it? I have lost people to suicide very close to me over the years, it sucks. It is their life and their choice to live it or not. They did not get a choice on being born. That doesn't mean we shouldn't love people a little harder when we know they need it, it might save a life.
Why are people so passionate about politics and religion? What is politics? What is religion? Isn't it all just man's perception and definition of something that is very subjective? Is there a society that lives peacefully without politics and/or religion? Can it be done? Should it be done? What happens if we govern ourselves? What happens if we choose to just believe that there might be a higher power than us and treat each other with that in mind? What if the higher power is living right next door to you? What if you are the higher power? Be passionate about your life, period.
Why do we not allow ourselves to question things like a 5 year-old any more? Why do we accept what it taught to us at home and in schools with out question? If we all just accepted what we were taught by our elders the world would never have been round, nor would anything have changed. In that scenario, you are only as intelligent as the person who taught you.
Why do you get offended? Does getting offended make you narcissistic? Are the things that offend you really meant to be personal to you? Is there something inside yourself that you don't like and won't admit to not liking that is causing you to be offended when chord is struck too close to home? What happens if you just simply remove yourself from the offense or offender instead of attacking it or them?
Why do we not choose Health, Happiness, Kindness and Love as a default? Or do we? If so, then what happened to our default mode and how can we reset it? Why are we just practicing Gratitude? If you sit still and quiet your mind, you will tell yourself what you need/want to be the best you there is and will be.
