People

I was thinking earlier, in study hall, about people. I thought, "I believe in people." And I got to thinking, do I really believe in people? Why do I believe in people?

I hate people. People bitch and moan. People complain a lot when things don't go their way. They hate other people, which only leads to a circle of hate between everybody. They create stereotypes about other people and expect everyone to be okay with them. They despise, abhor, detest, dislike, resent, scorn, spite, object, loathe, and have malevolent, repugnant feelings towards other people.They put themselves before other people in any situation, especially when material objects or money are involved. They are racist bigots who often only care about their own well-being and fortune.
People are easily hated simply because they hate other people.

But I love people. People are helpful, kind; rather amiable sometimes, too. They help each other in times of distress--isn't that why homeless shelters, the Salvation Army, and the YMCA were invented? People love other people.

Unfortunately, most people choose to see the negatives in other people over the positives; most people choose to fill their life with hatred than love. That's a choice--you can fill your life with love if you choose to make the effort. But life is so full of conveniences lately that if it takes more than the flick of a finger to do, most people choose not to do it.

I love The Script, an Irish band, not only because they sound amazing but also because of the lyrics. In their latest album, #3, The Script wrote a song called "Give The Love Around." This song, while not being my favorite, has heartening lyrics. The song begins like this:

It all comes from the top and it spreads right round
If you treat a man wrong, he's gonna pass it on down
To the next in line, who's probably his wife
Bringin' up his kids now watchin' mama cry
And they pick it up cause they learn everything
Life has a funny way of going in a ring
End up growing up in trouble with the law
Standing in the cuffs that the father once wore

Now it seems that every brand new generation
Have all been growing up with cracks in the foundation
They're tryna fill the holes of a whole damn nation
That's lost its trust (That's lost its trust)
We gotta change before the train leaves the station
And realize the revolution in a revelation
It takes blood, sweat, tears and innovation
It starts with us (It starts with us)

Yeah it starts by givin' love to your brother, givin' love to your sister
Givin' love to your missis, love to your mister
Givin' love to your friends, love to your foes
Give the love around and back around it goes

If only people would listen, truly listen, to this song, and realize how true it is. When one person does something bad to another, that person will spread the bad down through his connections of people. For example, this song mentions a man who spreads negatives to his wife, which then influences their children to follow along. The problem, this ever-growing problem of hate and negative feelings, can be fixed if we "give the love around", because "life has a funny way of going in a ring."

If you are in a negative mood, and everyone and everything around you only seems to make that mood worse, your instinct is to spread negativity and hate. Like, when your teacher has a bad day, and you can tell that they're having a bad day because you can practically "feel the tension in the air". It's that saying you might have heard, something about one bad person ruining the entire mood; One unhappy person can spoil a room-full of happy people; One piece of moldy cheese spoils the entire package.

Well, it's true.

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” --Mahatma Gandi

You're the only one who can make others believe in you. So do I really believe in people? While I dislike the negatives that people just insist on throwing into the world, I do like the positives and all the people who continue to prove that positive is possible.