Some Food For Thought

-What if the sun was square? Would our world be any different? -Would people act respectfully all the time if they all felt wanted and loved? -What if the ocean wasn't made of salt water? What if it was made of grape juice, or liquid sunshine? -What if all matter melted on contact? -If there were no cars, would our world (much less, America) be any healthier? -What if every time you breathed, you took a breath out of someone else's life? -What if your dreams are someone else's thoughts? -If we all were connected by invisible lines somehow, would we be too crowded? -If we could all reach each other's thoughts, what would happen? Would there be more wars, more fights? -What if earth was like a different planet, like Mars? Would our skin turn green, and would we adapt? Or would the human species fade out? -If everyone was the same religion, would our world be more peaceful? Comment your answers, if you want! More "What ifs" coming eventually...

Sometimes I Wonder....

Sometimes I wonder what life would be like if we always got what we wanted. Our world would be in havoc! It really isn't possible. Say one person wanted government to keep control of things and a more free-spirited person wanted government to vanish. It isn't possible for two contradictory things to happen at the same time. Another example: say one person wanted smoking to be prohibited everywhere while another person wanted smoking to be permitted everywhere. It just isn't possible. This is what causes conflict. Everyone wanting something different. Some might be on the same side, but we all have an idea of what the perfect world would be like. Perfect to us, anyways. The world is a scary place. We are in the safe haven of our mother for nine months and then, BOOM! We are rudely awakened into a world of noise and poverty and conflict. And some people expect us to love the world? I mean, all humans enter the world the same way, but we all expect each other sometimes to act like the world is fine the way it is. We are hypocrites. Don't deny that you are a hypocrite too. We all are. It's human nature to say something to act wise and smart, just so we appear superior over everyone else. It's a different story if you are humble about it, but that doesn't change the fact that some of us are two, three, four different people, depending on where we are: school, church, home, wherever you go. And congratulations to all who live humbly. I applaud you, because that is truly an accomplishment. Now you just need to help others live humbly, as much as you can. Changing the world--now that, my friends, is a difficult thing to do. Billions and billions of people would need to listen in on a message so powerful and so life-changing that hearts would be mended, lives and feelings be healed. Is it possible? It is if everyone WANTS the world to change. If everyone wants it to change, and we worked to change it, everyone would get what they wanted in the end. Now that is one thing that is possible, if what all of us wanted was the world to be a better place. The world can't be perfect, no way. But we need to be the generation that influences generations to come, and maybe one day the world WILL have more love. Less racism. Less poverty. More acceptance. More willingness. More happy families. Enough sunshine for everyone when they need it most. Enough happiness. Enough laughs. Enough infinity.

News Brings New Things

Your life can change in an instant. It's so crazy to think about, because some things change over time, so slow we don't even realize it until we look at the situation from a distance. Then other things set your life on a different course in a matter of seconds.
That's how I felt today when my mom told me we were moving all the way across the country to Kittery, Maine. I'll be leaving my great school, fantastic and loving church, a group of friends, my best friend, my boyfriend, and a place in which I love to live in. It's funny that I felt the same exact way when leaving Ohio five years ago, but it just seems harder because I've been able to build up a life here.
Honestly, I feel kind of excited. New home, new places, getting to see the country, being close to dear family...I'm just nervous I will loose communication with the most important people in my life right now besides my family. I'm afraid of losing their admiration and friendship. I'm afraid of a lot of things when I hear the phrase, "we're moving to Maine." In fact, I cried for a while. But the phrase also brings to mind the new opportunities that I will have, possibly new friends I will make, and still the opportunity to stat in touch with and even get to know my friends here better, even though we are thousands of miles. I could be putting wishful words into my own mouth right now, but I'm thinking this: maybe change doesn't have to be bad. It will be if you look at it from a negative viewpoint all the time, but change can also be a wonderful thing if you learn to handle it in such a way that it will make you a better person.