Humanity
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I can’t seem to move on, how can I continue to live and speak of my struggles as a mother when my struggles seem so small and insignificant compared to what the mothers living in war and fear are going through. They have lost everything, their homes and all their belongings, no warm clothes, blankets, essential sanitary supplies… They have lost most if not all their family. They don’t know how or if they will be able to feed their hungry children, they can’t bathe them or even help them brush their teeth. The most basic of needs are not available for them. Yet, here we are, safe, warm, our hunger satisfied. Then we talk about our struggles! What struggles? I know I am so blessed and I have never taken that for granted but now there is such a heavy guilt, I can’t just keep living, I need to talk about, write about it, spread awareness. It’s the least I can do. We are not better than them, we are not above them, in reality they are better than us. They have shown the world the true meaning of strength, of resistance, of faith, of love. They have shown us what a community really looks like. The way they support each other, help each other. I have not seen conflict or hate between them, people share and are so generous, even though they don’t have enough for themselves they still insist on sharing with anyone and everyone. They help the injured and elderly, they care for all the young children. There are so many orphans, some who are the only remaining person of an entire family and yet they are not alone they have an entire community.
I think as devastating as this war has been, it has taught the world many important lessons. It has also helped others speak up and open our eyes to other countries who are also going through war, enslavement and devastation. It is so heartbreaking to think that in this day and age, we still live with this type of oppression.
In 2020 during the pandemic, the entire world was going through the same pandemic, we all had the same virus to fight. We all had the same problems, same issues to resolve. I was optimistic that after the pandemic brought the world together, we would live in more peace and harmony. Unfortunately, greed is still winning. We need to conquer greed in order to live peacefully together. How sad that greed is conquering humanity.