Love One Another

Hey everyone, so this is a bit of a deep post from me today but I thought after recent history making events that I'd share a few thoughts from my head. If you don't agree with me then don't abuse me or anything, I'm not about that life... this is purely my opinion.

Take a look at this photo. Just some colour scribbled onto man made concrete right? It'll probably wash off in the rain, and no one will ever mention it again. If only that was true for inequality. But no, inequality will never wash away, the man made stereotypes of what is right, how women should dress and act, what you should, how you should act... these will never wash away.

'Love One Another'

These simple three words speak absolute volumes to me,honestly. Our world today is filled and crammed with hatred, judgement and disrespect, and from the eye of a 15 year old girl, love is a thing of the past. But why are we like this? Why do we judge the girl across the road, or the man In the car opposite? Because society has grown up that way. The world has grown up to believe that the way us as individuals see things is the only way.

I understand we've come so far since lets say, the 19th century. Women got the vote, the majority of segregation is gone and we're given the opportunity to do pretty much whatever we want in life if we work hard for it, so we can't say life is all too bad, we've got it a million times better than they used to. But unfortunately, our narrow-minded globe deems the word 'gay' as an insult, sees women being imprisoned in the kitchen as a joke, and sees 'building walls' and banishing religions from countries as acceptable. Women are sexualised, gays are abused, refugees are deemed as terrorists, people who have found home and safety in countries such as the US and the UK for years and generations are told to 'go back to their own countries'. I don't know about you but it terrifies me that deep down, not much has changed, not as much as we'd hoped.

I think what we need to realise is that even though we may live in different countries, continents, cultures and climates, our bodies function the same. We're all the same inside, each and everyone of us have the same biological system whether Caucasian, black, gay, straight, Hispanic, Asian... we are all the same. That gay man you laughed at the other month, that kid you didn't speak to and walked away from because you felt intimidated. Each and every one of them have beating hearts, flesh and bones, and a brain, meaning they feel emotions, they have family friends, just like your family and friends, so why do we judge people on who they love and what they do and wear? They are no different to your cousins, brothers, sisters and aunties of whom you love so why cant we love eachother? I believe if we respected eachother, and valued others views and morals, the world would be a COMPLETELY different place. Its a shame to live on an earth without respect, so lets love one another

love you all no matter who you are,

Caitlin

xxx