28 years ago, in about 2hours, my amazing mum gave birth to me with my dad holding her hand awaiting his second son. I was blessed to be born into an incredibly family that has always loved me as who I am and supported me in following my dreams. My mum and dad taught me to be nice, not lie, greet people, mean what I say and do, work hard and so much more. They taught me to be compassionate. Compassion. Today is my birthday and here is my wish: Take 5 minutes and write down what really matters. Look around you, and realize how many of our daily worries seem unimportant in the big picture. Sometimes we are not directly affected by something that is going on in that big picture, but it doesnt mean it is not important. It is important to someone else, and we all matter as much as the other. Together we can make big changes that will help many of those that need our help most. Everyday I notice the homeless people, and see the houses of many that work three jobs just to get by. I also see the houses in the rich neighborhoods and wonder if they see what I see. I help where I can, carry the groceries for the old lady next door, bring food to the homeless I look after, travel to help educate and further dialogue in other communities, I write to people and reply to others, I listen and listen and listen. And most of what it comes down to is people feel lost, alone, and helpless. I have no wishes for myself, I will get by. I just wish for your buy-in in making everything better, one day at a time. Be honest when people ask you how you are, and if you ask the question listen actively to the response. Dont ask it if you dont mean it. Encourage others, embrace them, support them where you can. Make space in your heart to allow others to be the unique individual that they are. My parents were at first not happy that I am gay, but they accept me, support me and embrace me as who I am. Not many of us are this fortunate, though we can make sure that the generation that follows is. What are all those little quarrels we have when you look at them in the bigger picture - most of them are nothing. I recently saw two movies that really grabbed me because besides all the typical special effects there essence was too close to reality. What do we really care about? No matter what religion or not, what are values that we all carry? How much do we need to be happy? How much better do we have to be than our neighbor? In Dawn of the Planet of the Apes t he Simian Virus caused wars and the extermination of most of humanity - in the real world we know that SIV is most likely were HIV came from. In The Purge: Anarchy an annual holiday becomes the day on which people kill each other without any ramifications. Rich people even buy poor people to kill them, or hire others to bring the weak in for hunting games. It is shocking that it is even possible to imagine something like this. Look around you, look beyond your own world and notice what is going on. In many ways we are incredibly rich, and in many other ways we are incredibly poor. Think about what really matters. For me: I want people to be happy and live a fulfilling life. I dont know if I believe in Heaven and Hell or being reborn or what not, but what I do believe in is to do my best, right here, right now. So if there is nothing on the other side, I know that I have done my best to leave a better world behind than the one I was born into 28years ago.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 06:59:52 +0000
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