It has been a long time since I have been trying to put myself together and deal with what happening around me in the world. The number of events and incidents that are taking place right now have been successful in taking any hope from inside me that this world can be a better place to live for us and our children.  Racism, discrimination, hate, defamation, war, killing, double standards, limiting freedom of expression, categorizing, being either or, and the list goes on and seems to have no end.

I asked myself, what am I doing? It doesn’t make any sense and will make no difference. I am wasting my time, people’s time and nothing will change.  I felt the world was a very ugly place and I wished that I could find a place where I live alone with my family without any people around. Till the moment I was sharing some thoughts with someone I know and she had all these thoughts herself. She wished also to live alone and leave everything behind. She was fed up with what was happening. I found myself not alone. I thought we might be a lot or we might be the majority. But wait a minute if all those who are fed up just left everything behind and lived alone, what will happen?

I took a look back into history and I found that there was no one period of time where people were living peacefully but people never lost their hope, their faith that one day it might be slightly better. Maybe they were able to enjoy this moment and maybe not but they didn’t quit the world.

I will not quit the world either. I will continue doing what I am doing from the simple silly things to the meaningful things. I will continue writing, working and taking care of my family. I will not lose hope or faith not only for me but for the future of my and our children. They deserve to live a better life in this world, a life full of joy, peace and respect. Don’t stop the good that you are doing, no matter how small or big they are. Just keep going and one day maybe not soon we will be able to witness the change.

I am sure that I am not alone, deep inside every one of us has a huge desire to make this world a better place to live. Small actions, words, wishes or even deeds can make a difference. So just keep going. Keep going.