Imagine A World!

Imagine a world where none of us caused others to feel that which we do not wish to feel. And imagine a world where when others did cause us to feel that which we know they would not wish to feel themselves, we refrained from retaliating in an effort to cause them to feel the undesirable way they made us feel. Imagine if we left justice up to God.

Imagine a world where instead of criticizing and condemning others in an attempt to discredit them and tarnish their reputations because we envy them and their blessings in life – whether that be the love and respect they receive, the prosperity and recognition they have earned, or the value of the knowledge and wisdom they share – we sought to befriend them with the intention of learning how they accumulated these blessings, such that we could attain the same for ourselves.

Imagine a world where instead of discouraging and sabotaging others, and scoffing at them and mocking them and belittling them and berating them for who they are and for their hopes and dreams and aims in life, we sincerely desired for them what we do for ourselves, and we sought to aid and encourage them in their pursuit of happiness and contentment in life, knowing full well that as we treat others, so do we tend to treat ourselves.

Imagine a world where instead of finding fault with others, and questioning, picking apart and tearing down their choices and characters, because we’re consumed with jealousy and a fear of losing love, we tolerated and overlooked their short-comings, knowing not only that no one is perfect, but that we ourselves are imperfect too and that we appreciate it when others accept us and welcome us and include us in spite of our faults and weaknesses.

Imagine a world where instead of bullying and shaming others because we disagree with their beliefs and lifestyles, as we’ve made of ourselves slaves to our intolerance and self-righteousness, we sought to understand the reasons for why they believe and act as they do, to expand the scope of our understanding of the experiences and lessons of our fellow man.

Imagine a world where instead of censoring or shunning people because either they object and disagree with our beliefs and lifestyles or because we object and disagree with theirs, we learned to exercise tolerance because we recognized that each of us has encountered both trials and triumphs which have led to us forming our current worldview and lifestyles, and we may grow in knowledge and wisdom as a result of hearing them out and listening to their opinions and stories.

Imagine a world where instead of cheating on our mates and seeking to have our way with others mates, oftentimes just to punish them for wronging us, because we're consumed by anger, lust and animalistic desires, we developed self-control and loyalty and the honestly that must follow these virtues by committing to a soulmate, where each work to refrain from wronging each other, and when either do, they feel remorse and are met with patience and forgiveness, until the wrongs cease to be repeated such that the perfect love relation has been chiseled out of the stone block.

Imagine a world where instead of seeking to take unfair advantage of our fellow man to our own profit and gain in terms of resources, as we've made ourselves minions of our greed, we sought to serve others in exact proportion required to entitle us to the monetary compensation we desire to transmute it into our ideal lifestyle, supporting our families and creating memories with them.

And imagine a world where instead of responding to slights and insults and offenses that the above mentioned acts often give rise to by retaliating and returning the same destructive behavior back at them, which only results in fights and feuds, we sought to be peace-makers by taking the attacks and blows without getting triggered, having the compassion and understanding to know that if this is how they treat us, they must also treat others the same way whereby they elicit the same negative reactions in them, thus repelling them and condemning themselves to isolation and loneliness.

Imagine a world like this!