Restoring Our Humanity

When you take a look at the world we live in today you will come to realise that so much has changed and it’s right before us yet we fail to see. Comparing how things were then, to how things are now you will know that our world is no more the same.

Have you ever been told the story about how our great great grandparents used to live in peace in harmony for so many years. How they treated each other like they were one of their own , looking out for them, helping them in their times of need and even being there for them even if it meant listening to them talk. Those days, everyone lived together as one big family.

But today, what do we see. So many of us have lost our humanity. People are out there suffering, being subjected to so much pain, torture and even worse. Yet we sit a watch all of these acts go down like it’s none of our business. Well, someone would says it’s none of their business which I would totally understand in this era but what happened to loving your neighbour as yourself? Have you ever thought of what would happen to you if you found yourself in that particular situation? Do you have someone to look out for you? The answer most of us will give will be a No, with the excuse that the world has changed. But who changed the world? It’s us!

If I had the power to bring back something that has faded with time in our society then it’s going to be our humanity. Those strong relationships we used to build among each other. Treating everyone equally, having meaningful conversations to strengthen our bonds and also develop trust and many more. When you assess what’s going on with our world today, you realise that sometimes we are really not to blame but in a way, we are. We have been brainwashed so much to think that this is wrong and that is right and we don’t have to do this and that. It’s more like we have become robots that are being controlled. One thing that has affected our lives so much is technology because tell me why out of 50 individuals you are likely to find 49 of them have their head buried in their phone. We can’t even take a minute to put down our phones, laptops and iPads to pay attention to that brother or sister closer to us. Why do you think people commit suicide? It’s because most of the time they feel there’s no one there for them.

We are all we’ve got as humans and that’s why we were created for each other. We need others in life and there’s no denying that. So, why don’t we take a minute to think about our lives as people of this generation and make a few changes here a there and it all has to start from putting those phones down. If I could bring back our humanity as a people , our path wouldn’t be as rough as it is. Our way of life will change totally and that would be a big win for us all because without humanity, we are nothing.