Can you help someone?

Can you imagine a world where people of all ethnic and religious backgrounds lived together helping one another no matter the cause? I can. I dream about this world every time I close my eyes. It is a world where people accept each other no matter their name, color, political stance, or dreams. It is world that people can find faith in the neighbor and family. This world is not unreachable. It is not an easy place to find. This world exists now. All it needs is a chance. What is needed for this world to come alive? It is going to take sacrifice, and it is going to take patience. The world is a living creature comprised of multiple organisms of all shapes and sizes, but it breathes as one. A hurricane in the United States impacts the function of a nation and way of life. The extinction of an animal in the arctic has devastating effects on an ecosystem that fuels a global system that feeds the world. We are not in the struggle for survival alone; we share the world and the natural resources it provides. It is time for a new stance on globalization and the way the world markets work. It is time to put the good of the world, the people, the animals, and the plants first. The time has come for the people of the world to stand together as one and fight the war on poverty, hunger, and global warming. As I said it will not be an easy task and people are going to have to forfeit luxury items such as their 5^th house or the yacht they just bought. But, what are these items but material objects that distract us from the importance of life. Hiding in your mansion with your millions if not billions of dollars isn’t providing any good service to the world. It is time to lose the selfish motivation for our actions and replace it with the motivation of creating a world where our grandchildren can walk the world in peace without fear of hatred. It is time to create a world that Christians, Buddhists, Catholics, Shiites, and any other denomination can be proud to say I live on Earth and there is no other place I would rather be. It is time to say no to an extra dollar if it means that 100,000 people will lose their jobs and way of life, and where the children in Taiwan and China are not being abused so we can save on the manufacturing of Nikes. I am asking everyone to look around at the people around you and finally see we are in this fight together. We are all trying to better our lives in one fashion or another. We are all struggling to make it through this life, but we no longer need to brave this fight alone. We can stand together united, across the globe, and put an end to the inequality that plagues this world. Next time you see someone who needs help, help. It isn’t a hard concept to understand if you help one person they will not only be more willing to help someone else out, but they will be more capable of helping more. Governments can provide aide to struggling countries, people can provide aide to struggling people, all we need is the motivation to make this world a better place not only for ourselves, but for the generations to come. So I ask you one more time to lend a hand when you can. Even it may not seem like a lot, it will all come together and this world will be a better, safer, and more promising place to live.