I listened to a comment made today at lunch it went a little like this. "honestly why can't people be happy to go to work, come home have tea and go to bed." The discussion had been about Turkey and all the countries that it is neighbours with which are currently in the middle of civil war or do not have the most stable of governments.
I think at the core of every human is a want for some kind of peace in their lives and also their families. At least I would hope so otherwise this a sad world we are existing in. I also realise life is not as simple as getting up and going to work, and coming home for rest.
I do wonder how worth it, it is, to fight so hard for your beliefs to put your life and family at constant risk. Also I am at a loss at how people believe so easily in something that has such little fact behind it. I guess that is why it is called faith! Cause it seems to me that, that is all it is. However I have no problem accepting peoples belief systems cause I know at times mine make very little sense. I.e. I absolutely believe in evolution, but I do believe there is more to this world than what I am capable of sensing and understanding. Go figure or not!
Why is it so hard to except that every individual on this planet has a different belief system and that is perfectly ok. Your beliefs do not need to be any one else's'. You just need to respect that what is yours is yours and what is theirs is theirs. We only have this world to physically exist on, as far as we know. No-one has any guaranties about what happens next, so surely we need to love what we have, and be tolerant of others.
Tomorrow I will wake up and go to work, come home and have tea and sleep. It will be wonderful. I am truly thankful that i live in a country where i am free to believe what i choose, and so does everyone else. I am also grateful that our government allows me to have a say. I also have faith that peace is achievable.
Please be kind to each other. That's all that needs to be done.
