HUMAN.

Hey guys...

I know this is for ezine, and no one actually seems to read these blogs, or care... but if I'm gonna have to post something on the internet, it might as well be something I care about... maybe?

So, there's this little thing called hate, and it's everywhere.

Here's the thing about it, when you hate someone, it may not effect you all that much, but it effects them.

Think about it--does it make you happy to know someone hates you, to hear mean comments about you?

And not even behind your back, sometimes it's right in front of your face.

Part of our culture has become this obsession with online social networking websites and such. Many people seem to spend their whole life on places like MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, Formspring, Yahoo, GMail, Tumblr, and there are so many others. One thing that most people seem to notice is that 5 of these are blocked on AISD internet... but people still use them all the time. I'm not saying it's a good thing or a bad things, it's just a thing. But it tends to end up badly when people get on places like this and comment very hateful things to people they may not even know--because these websites can allow anonymous commenting/posting on other people's stuff, so if you say something mean, no one can actually trace it back to you.

So why not?

Well, because those people have to see all those things when they log onto their account on whatever, and they have to be reminded everyday that you don't like them for whatever reason. No, not everyone does this, and I'm not trying to say that everyone does.

I'm just saying that going to strangers pages on whatever and telling them how much you don't like them isn't gonna make them feel better about them self. I mean, does that make you feel better about yourself? Not make you feel better in general, but make you feel like a good person or whatever.

It's okay to hate people, sure. And it's okay to tell people. But do you have to?

Because in the end, no matter what we look like or what we act like or who we like or anything... we're all human. We are all different, but we are also all the same...

But in the end, it doesn't matter that I'm writing this because people are gonna hate. So that's not why. I'm not writing this to necessarily tell people not to hate--because I know that I cannot change them, and I shouldn't waste my time trying.

People should just love. "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indiffernece" (Elie Wiesel). Both hate and love tend to be very strong emotions, and I think that in general, the world might just be a better place if people who channel all that emotion, all that hate, to love. Not that you have to go and love the people you hate, but maybe just love the people you love more and hate those other people less.

And this is already over 500 words, so I'm gonna stop typing right about now.

But... there's probably a whole lot more I could rant about, and I really could relate this more to culture and stuff... but...

So, you can read another whole part of this whole idea here. It is more about the effects of what you say on the people you say whatever to, and how it just pushes them.


Everything I have said so far is about you hating, but the truth is, with all those other people in the word, you've probably been hated before as well. And maybe that's why you hate someone, maybe it's not related. But the truth is, sometimes, there's nothing you can do and you have to just ignore it. Don't let it become a part of you. Don't hate yourself because of what other people say. Love yourself for who you are. Dislike what they say. And in the end, it makes you stronger.

Now that this is almost 700 words now... So maybe I really will stop typing now. (698 words...)

- Wenlan (701)