Day 18 - Your beliefs.

Well, I have already talked about religion in a previous entry here, so I guess I will talk about other stuff?

Okay, I don't know if this really qualifies as an answer, but it is something that has been crossing my mind more and more lately. I'm sure plenty of people will not agree with me right away, if at all, but this is what I have come to believe. If you don't agree, that is fine, I don't expect you to. Just understand that this is how I feel and I don't expect anyone to start thinking the same way just because of that. All I ask is that you think about what I say here before commenting about it, please.

I believe that many people (from all age groups, religions, sexes, and genders) spend so much time talking about differences between them, sometimes they forget to talk (or even think) about the similarities. They tell people to accept them for their differences but forget to ask them to remember how they are the same so that they can find a connection with them, thus making it easier to find that common ground that can make it easier for people to understand them. I'm not saying it is okay for people to spread hate or that not hearing such things gives them an excuse because there is NO excuse for hating someone for such things. All I'm saying is, wouldn't you find it easier to connect to someone on a mental and emotional level if you could understand them easier? If you could find a common bond with them?

So when are we going to start talking about how we are the same, as MORE than just an offhand comment that is said once and then not mentioned again, even if the person is talking for hours about this stuff? When are we going to spend a day, just one day, talking about how we are the same on so many levels. And no, I am not talking about just how we are physically the same. I mean mentally, emotionally, even spiritually if you believe in such things. Let's go beyond just talking about genetics and scientific mapping of the brain. Let's talk about how we FEEL and how we THINK and try to make connections with EVERYONE out there!

I believe that if we can open up on these levels during the next 5-10 years, we can bring so much more of the hating and shaming to a halt than we could if we spent the next 50 years going the way we are now. The people on Wattpad are so much more open already and accepting of differences, why not use Wattpad to help spread that even further? Heck, why stop at Wattpad? These social sites are how we can spread a better message, how we can reinforce that we are ALL humans, that we ALL feel the same emotions and want the same respect and it is how we can explain why we ALL deserve that. Beyond just saying how we are different and that should be respected (which it should), let's ALSO remember to mention how we are the same.

Agree or disagree, it is your choice.