Humanity - The Essence of our Existence

When we talk about humanity, there can be various perspectives to look at it. The simplest definition is - everything that makes us human can be considered a part of humanity. This can be love, hope, lust, fear and much more. All these attributes are part of humanity because we experience them regularly while living our life. To live a happy and humble life, it is very important to understand how others think. Sometimes, we end up living in our cocoon and believing that our way of thinking is the absolute ultimate truth.

We shut our minds from knowing more about the people around us, their thoughts and beliefs and we blame them for being different. This is the same world where we prefer to invest in research for new smart phones and technologies than in finding the cure for new age terminal diseases like poverty and hunger. We are moving forward just through our inventions, but not through our understanding of each other.

 We live in a world in which, any person can choose his/ her religion at the same time engage in holy wars or public mockery campaigns against the religions and communities that we don't understand. Be it theism or atheism, it is not just a set of rules and teachings that you must devote your life to. It's what you take from it and that's important. It is about realizing that you are no different from the others unless you are an alien or a robot.

As humans, we should strive or atleast try to lift people up whenever we can and stop viewing life as one big competition. Life is about how you can help change the world and make it a better place to live not only for you but also to the human posterity. It is not how you can constantly criticize it and the other people around you. Of course there can be constructive criticism, but when it becomes hostile, what do we really hope to accomplish? 

We should also take time to 'listen' rather than only talk over or talk down to others. Stop. Listen. Take in the world to open our hearts and minds and learn that complexes of any form get us nowhere. Life lessons should teach us to remain humble. It's okay to struggle, it's okay to cry. But it's definitely not okay to act cruelly to others and let our egos get the best of us. We must practice empathy, kindness, patience and humility everyday and that's the beauty and meaning of life!

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