booooottledmayo,
Literary (Submission): A Letter to All
Contentment. Peace. Harmony. These words are usually related to one’s image of a paradise. It’s a place full of happiness and is absent of any negative emotion and distress. It’s a place where everyone can simply enjoy living their lives without worrying about anything else.
Some people say that paradise exists in the afterlife and one will be able to reach this place if they live a good and lawful life in this world. This is the reason why some people do good deeds, to fill up their “Good Person Quota” and enter this utopia. Others say that paradise does not necessarily have to be up there, but can be found here, in this plane. They say to just keep on being happy and keep on spreading your love and good vibes to be able to find your paradise.
However, I can’t keep with a smile on my face knowing that some people could not feel or experience the joy that I can. Not because they are not trying hard enough, but because they have bigger problems to address. Some kids are forced to work under the sun instead of going to school because their parents can’t provide for their basic needs. Some young girls, on the other hand, can never live a normal life because they were sold like cattle to a madman.
How can I live with the knowledge that crocodiles are gobbling up the people’s money and using them for their own selfish desires? Or that some people have to fear the law, the body that’s supposed to be protecting them because their skin color’s darker and different from most?
How does one live with the knowledge that some people can’t proudly show their colors in fear of rejection from people who promised to love them for whomever they may be? Or that some men have to keep on swallowing their tears in order to look strong and not be picked on, or that some women always have to worry about getting home safely at night in fear of getting jumped and dragged into the shadows, never to be heard from again?
Yes, paradise could exist in this plane, but not under these circumstances. In order to give everyone the comfort and mirth that everyone deserves, we should all get up and do good, not to fill up our “Good Person Quota”, but because that is what we should do.
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