Building bridges, not walls
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The following content is an 'essay' I wrote in Guatemala about building bridges as opposed to walls. I wrote this in an internet cafe in Guatemala, on a keyboard very different from the ones we have in the US. There were no apostrophes, commas were a little more tricky to get, and I had very little time to write this. You will see that my spelling, punctuation, and capitalization is very incorrect... although, I chose not to fix it because I struggled to write this, and I had to adapt to the keyboards just like I had to adapt to a whole nother world. I also was being charged by the minute I was using the keyboard, and I didn't have very many Catzals to spare... also, I had 13 other people behind me needing the computer. I hope you enjoy....
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Society has made a habit of building walls. Every organism has built a wall, even if they dont realize it. Rather if its personal walls youve built up to seperate yourself from something out of your confort zone, or to separate yourself from a person. Maybe its a physical wall to seperate humans from interacting with one another. Sure, walls, in some cases have good aspects to them for a little while… but at the end of the day, no matter how hard you try to keep it up, every wall will fall. Everyone wants to be right, and is so convinced that they are. I see it mostly with religion. It always amazes me the length people will go to try and prove they are right, and how some people will cut out the ones they love because of their beliefs. Religious beliefs, womens rights, lgbtq rights, and the amount of control people want to have on others. But who is to say that I cant travel where I want, or that hispanics cant come to America, or I shouldnt be able to speak my opinions because it could threaten men. The human race loves labels. We are constantly labeling humans into groups, and seperating them by the color of their skin, gender identification, sexual preference, political opinions, religion and so much more. But underneath all that skin, and opinion and judgement, we are all just flesh, blood, and bone. The only reason some people are so opposed to the idea of bridges and instead wanting to build walls is because they are afraid of loosing power. But, if every person could just step back and see that bridges, either physical or mental is an opportunity to share and gain love for one another, and for humans to conspire as one, then just imagine all the beauty and love we could create.
The following content is an 'essay' I wrote in Guatemala about building bridges as opposed to walls. I wrote this in an internet cafe in Guatemala, on a keyboard very different from the ones we have in the US. There were no apostrophes, commas were a little more tricky to get, and I had very little time to write this. You will see that my spelling, punctuation, and capitalization is very incorrect... although, I chose not to fix it because I struggled to write this, and I had to adapt to the keyboards just like I had to adapt to a whole nother world. I also was being charged by the minute I was using the keyboard, and I didn't have very many Catzals to spare... also, I had 13 other people behind me needing the computer. I hope you enjoy....
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Society has made a habit of building walls. Every organism has built a wall, even if they dont realize it. Rather if its personal walls youve built up to seperate yourself from something out of your confort zone, or to separate yourself from a person. Maybe its a physical wall to seperate humans from interacting with one another. Sure, walls, in some cases have good aspects to them for a little while… but at the end of the day, no matter how hard you try to keep it up, every wall will fall. Everyone wants to be right, and is so convinced that they are. I see it mostly with religion. It always amazes me the length people will go to try and prove they are right, and how some people will cut out the ones they love because of their beliefs. Religious beliefs, womens rights, lgbtq rights, and the amount of control people want to have on others. But who is to say that I cant travel where I want, or that hispanics cant come to America, or I shouldnt be able to speak my opinions because it could threaten men. The human race loves labels. We are constantly labeling humans into groups, and seperating them by the color of their skin, gender identification, sexual preference, political opinions, religion and so much more. But underneath all that skin, and opinion and judgement, we are all just flesh, blood, and bone. The only reason some people are so opposed to the idea of bridges and instead wanting to build walls is because they are afraid of loosing power. But, if every person could just step back and see that bridges, either physical or mental is an opportunity to share and gain love for one another, and for humans to conspire as one, then just imagine all the beauty and love we could create.
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