We need a better world

I hope this blog post finds you well my dear readers. It is with a sad acknowledgment to the victims of the shooting at the Pulse club in Orlando Florida. There is no words I can say to extend my sorrow to those impacted. In addition, I also express profound sympathies for the family of singer Christina Grimmie. We live in a sad world that is marred by inescapable tragedy. It needs to be a better world for future generations.

The world needs heroes. I don't mean superheroes or vigilantes. And I also don't mean we only need to count on our police, firefighters, and armed forces. We need to be the heroes. All of us, and every one of us need to work to promote compassion and a sense of fellowship between each other. It can be done at a small scale, like opening the door for someone or surrendering your seat to an elderly or infirm couple. Or it can also be large movements that attract attention and promote the wellbeing of others. Charity, organizations dedicated to awareness on an issue that causes trouble and needs a remedy.

Whatever it is, large or small, get involved. Do it consistently, and for the reasons of promoting fellowship with your fellow beings. Make it the reason you do something good, and after you do it long enough you will form a habit of kindness towards others. This is not to say that we need to allow others to be dependent on us, oh no. When someone falls down we need to help them up. Help them to their own feet and have genuine concern for their welfare.

This is part of what I am trying to accomplish in my books about "Trinity the Troublemaker." I am trying to paint a picture, using children of a better way of living and treating each other. Showing how problems impact us all and that by working together that we can find a solution. Children are indeed our only hope, because we have a lot of people in society now that use their influence to divide us and create a world where we are safer if we close ourselves off, and we don't care about our neighbor. We destroy the beauty of the world and only to make ourselves wealthy or comfortable.

I am not asking for the world to mindlessly conform to my way of thinking. That is what the people who want to rule over us all want us to do. Free thinking is the enemy to those such people. I am calling for a different brand of unity. We need to realize that not all of us are the same. We have different religious beliefs, different preferences on the way our lives are led, we have the rich and the poor and everyone else in between. Despite all of our differences though, we all have common problems. So let us use our individual talents to create a better world through our treatment of each other and the way we treat our home, the earth.

We must put aside our pride and think outside of our own personal interests. If you need a better reason, think of your own survival. The survival instinct is something that is important to most of us, so what better way to appeal that to show a practical way that cooperation will benefit you?

Who will give you blood if you need it? Who will work to save your home if it is in jeopardy? Who will stand up for your rights when they are being violated? These are but some of the things that you should wonder, if there ever comes a time when it is your survival at risk. However, you cannot wait that long to get involved. Cooperation requires a little bit of good faith. Give, before you get. Earn, before the return.

This is not socialism or communism. I am not advocating for a change in our economy. I am asking for a change in our social interaction that would hopefully one day eliminate tragedies like the ones suffered recently. I ask that we help each other instead of standing idly by, or even worse, do harm to others.

I'm just an author. I want to earn a living by selling my stories. However, I don't want to be so preoccupied with making a living that I forget to live. And our lives would be enormously enhanced if we cooperate, rather than compete. I want the lessons of my stories of Trinity to carry a message to us all about compassion and empathy so that we do not deteriorate into chaos, disappear in the night.

Fighting fire with fire will end up with us all burning in a huge conflagration. There are times when force is appropriate, and that is an option that needs to be left at an incident driven discretion. For the world at large, in the big picture we must come together.

Consider these sources for your thoughts and relate them to the message that I have shared with you.

http://www.earthguardians.org/

http://boo2bullying.org/