Be The Change

It seems like these days, there is no black and white anymore. Lines are blurred, messy, complicated. Right and wrong has become a matter of opinion. Opinion is often formulated by peer pressure. People begin to lose sight of who they are, and start to become faces in the crowd. Trying to blend in, to fit in, trying not to be heard, in fear of being standing out, having their own opinion. Even the people who pride themselves in being different, in being “hipsters”, a lot of where they get their opinions, their style, their mindsets, it’s just based on stereotype. Staying “true to yourself” has become staying true to the stereotype you placed yourself in, and if you step out of your stereotype for just one second, then you are nothing but a poser.

We live in a world that subconsciously places all these expectations on people. We live in a world where people are expected to fail, and attacked when they do. We live in a world where people are quick to point the finger, and cast judgments, before they look at themselves. When people do look at themselves, they are filled with insecurities or even self loathing because we live in a world where people are so ashamed about truly being who they are, that they feel they have to hide it, a world where honesty isn’t quite black and white. We hide our feelings; we hide parts of our personalities. We have to be careful with our words, if you speak your mind, you’re “too honest”, if you hide your feelings then you’re emotionally screwed up.

We feel we can never win. We have all these secrets and are afraid that if people looked inside our heads, then they would judge us. And it’s true. They probably would. But we can’t live our lives in fear of people finding out who we are. We all have darkness inside us, we are all screwed up. But darkness spreads when you keep it hidden. God knows that we all have darkness, and he told us that he would be our lights. Sometimes God uses other people to shine his light, and if we can’t truly be who we are, flaws and all, if we can’t ever reveal our darkness, then how is anyone ever going to shine a light into it?

Now this may all seem like a negative view on the world, but it is actually quite the opposite. Sure there are problems in society, in our generation, but when isn’t there? We are humans, we are flawed, and most of the time we don’t really know what the heck we’re doing. But what we don’t realize is how much we are truly capable of. This world is truly beautiful. Yes it’s broken and full of pain, but it is also full of talent, and kindness, and so much beauty. There is so much that we have to offer people, and there is so much that we can learn from people, we just need to open our hearts to it. We all are capable of giving the greatest gift of all, and that’s love. We constantly wish that world will change, that people will change, but it all starts with you. Yes, it’s a lot to handle for one person, but we have to remember that we aren’t doing this alone. We have God at our right hand. We need to surrender everything to him, and I mean everything. Let him take the reins, or “the wheel”(Oh Carrie Underwood…). Once we give him control of our lives, then we can begin to as Ghandi says,

“Be the change you wish to see in this world” 

 We just have to care enough. We need to stop spreading gossip, hate, bitterness, dishonesty, and start spreading love and peace. We need to be united and not torn apart by opinions, or labels, or stereotypes, or grudges, or flaws. We are all better than this. We were created by the greatest creator of all time, and HE believes in US. So we owe it to him to believe in OURSELVES.

As I embark into this whole blogging world, I promise one thing to everyone, and that is to always be honest. You may not agree with my opinions or my beliefs, but I won’t let that stop me from being who I am. I can’t promise that I am always going to be right about things, I’m still learning every day, but I can promise that  I am always going to be up front about my past failures and mistakes, about my flaws, and about my opinions. Although sometimes it’s extremely hard for me to completely be myself sometimes, I promise to try my absolute hardest, and if that’s not enough, well then it is for God… so #winning ;)