Dear Humanity

When I was younger, I understood what it meant to be alive. I was compassionate, I was fair, I forgave easily and I was resolute and firm in my beliefs. I did not ask why I was alive; I asked why others suffered when so many had so much? Why was it so hard for us to share? I had an unquenchable thirst for knowledge that surpassed all my fears. I believed that it was important to reach your peak no matter what. I believed in God. My ambition in life, if it could have been called that, was to live a life that was worth the while to have been created. My ambition was not to look for meaning but ascribe my life meaning. I have lost so much of the qualities that made me brave and wonderful and I have become very sad and tried my best to hide from it all by just waiting I guess for it to all end with as little consequence as possible. I find myself sitting here wondering once more, if I were brave, what is it that I would ask of this life?

If I could have anything at all, what would that be? Do I still thirst for knowledge, perhaps I should read more. Am I still fair, perhaps I should aspire to a seat on the bench? Do I still want to leave a mark that will outlast my life, my treatise? We are all useful tools because we are creators. What is it that I would like to create? What is worth bearing through it all for, what is it that would make my life more meaningful? For me it all comes down to making a contribution to the world not by just doing the easy things like loving your loved ones but loving people that have given you nothing and protecting them from the worst of yourself, because they are your kin. Making sure with your every breath that you nurture and do not destroy, doing something good for the world, everyday that you are alive. This is the time to do it, a time where we are so inextricably linked that it is easy to spread anything. It is a global community that we can influence with our actions and our words. Why not stand up for something that you believe in and realize that if it helps people and the world that it is worth a little hard work, a little suffering, some discomfort.

I do not know if having individual success, living in a giant mansion and being able to afford the people that I love with not having to want for anything, whether or not that can co exist with the meaning that I look for. Today is my first step towards finding that out. I feel blessed and happy and I thank the Lord for creating the part of me that is moved by the love of another to love myself better. So I beg of you to ak yourself today, what does it mean for you to be alive, what would you like it to mean? When you can answer that question you can make any decision at all about life with a certainty that I bet will astonish you and if you are already doing it…do it better, and if you are already doing that then why waste any more precious seconds reading this. Send my love to the universe.

Sincerely,

Your Daughter