I suffer from Mental Health issues. I suffer depression and anxiety and have difficulty in social situations. Yet you may mock me, insult me, abuse me or try to hurt me. As if I am not hurting enough already, so you are hardly the cause of my problems, you merely exacerbate them. Even though you do this, knowing you are yourself only a split moment of unknown and unseen future trauma away from that which might trigger Mental Health issues for you. I do not wish how I feel on my worst enemy, and even though you have been an agent of pain and hurt towards me, I would be there to support you in that time of need. I know all too well that help and support is more important, as is understanding, than bullying, aggression or blind ignorance of the health of others.
When all is said and done, we are first and foremost humans, anything beyond that is always a source of power and control. Be it, race, religion, sexuality, colour, nationality, disability or more. Look at me as a human, and you will see how equal we really are, start looking at me or others beyond human, then you want to control me or others. Equality is the basis of all that is decent in humanity, and we start equal and end equal. In-between we start to make rules about people, how we look and view them as different for various reasons. We are not different, we are individuals, we look different, act different, talk different, but we are the same underneath all of those traits. If you don’t speak or understand someone else’s language that is no reason to mock. Same if you don’t understand their culture or religion. As for looks or colour, why on earth should that even be considered a fair target for abuse or grief. The same with disabilities, how is someone’s different ability to yours make them an easy target? We all still live, breathe the same air, bleed when we are cut, need food and water to survive.
So we are equal, keep it as simple as that and the world would be a much better place for all of us to exist and live in. Equality is not something we should aspire to achieve, as it is within us from the very first cell of our being. It is the inequality we learn as we grow and develop, or worse still, that is taught to us by those who think they are superior already, that we should stop and prevent. It is a disease, not a natural human trait, it should be vaccinated against right from the start. We are not born to be unequal, those already around now are the moral teachers and guides, and those that are already infected by the hate need re-educating to prevent them spreading their bitterness and hatred they have inside them from their own upbringing.
Once we start off talking and saying we need to bring equality into our world, we are already then starting the cycle of inequality. The adults infected now by hatred and bigotry and more do need this, but a child starts off equal in the very beginning, don’t preach inequality to them. They won’t see inequality if it is not told to them, they will only see equal, right from the start. Children don’t start off hating, or with a reason to hurt others based on nothing more than differences. Parents, peers, teachers of hate, the famous and politicians are role models, they should set the standard and benchmark for us all to which we live our lives. Influencing the child at the time when they are learning about people and the world around them is dangerous, and the root of inequality. Let them grow and learn about people through their own minds and eyes. Do not poison them, by all means education is vitally important, but that should be about self improvement, not about power over their fellow human beings. The basis of equality is that we are all human, the basis of humanity is that we are all equal.
Darren's Diary 