Love Shall Overcome

Based on what has been happening in America and around the world, it seems that there has been this atmosphere of negativity and hate.  I am not pointing fingers, or taking sides, merely trying to express another perspective of how we can handle the chaos of our current world.  Let's be people known by what we are for rather than what we are against.  #lovewins

"We want to have our cake and eat it too. Sharing only with others who have the same point of view.  We hate on those we say hate on us.  One mistake and a whole race has lost our trust. So we swear and we scream, we aren't trying to be mean.  You see, it's all in the name of freedom, marching to our own drum, paving the way to the ideal "Magic Kingdom".

No one has solved any problems through hate, guilt, and shame.  Success won't be the result rather continuous waves of pain.  Peace on earth isn't forged from what we are against.  If hate is our goal then these riots would make sense.  But the message we are sending rings pretty loud and crystal clear. We want our voices to be heard, our opinions validated- though we have lost our message in the ways that we've retaliated.

Our nation has become like a high school cafeteria, Cliques corned off, no vacancy unless you meet the criteria. We've got a wall built so high without a door to welcome people through. No longer are we a melting pot, just one giant batch of similarity stew.  We've forgotten to celebrate diversity, is it such a monstrosity to extend love to somebody different than you?  We all have hearts bumping blood with the same reddish hue.

It is easier to hate, to spew poison at a person though we've not walked in their shoes.  If it doesn't affect us, we tend to not give a damn, but the moment someone steps over our line all hell is about to bust. Love on the other hand, is what we need to fight for,.  If we keep our guns up the fire will be fueled more.  There won't be lasting change if we won't come together.  Doing things on our own will not work out for the better.

We were built for relationships, not meant to stand alone. It's time to dig up the seed of hate that has been so deeply sown. If we can't agree on anything, let us agree on Love for from it all hope, freedom, and equality does flow."

From the words of my current favorite group "The Brilliance" 

When a bullets flies

And a child dies

Can we overcome?

When all we see is inequality

Can we overcome?

Love shall overcome

We refuse to be

Each others enemy

We can overcome

When we listen to

Others point of view

We can overcome

Love shall overcome

Open our hearts

Love can start

To heal the pain

Love shall overcome