Human life is a very temporary phase. Only a very few live to see 100 years. Majority of those who get past their 75th birthday depart between 80 – 99 years old. So, what is all the hate, intolerance, excessive wealth accumulation, quest for legacies all about?
Mental Health has a lot to answer for. We tend to ignore the fact that it probably isn’t unusual for human beings to wish ill/harm on each other. History sheds light on the various excuses human over several generations have come up with in order to harm each other: be it in the name of religion (e.g. the Spanish Inquisition), rooting out evil or for profit (e.g. slavery; from the days of the Romans and earlier, to the most recent transatlantic slave trade and there are still parts of the world where it is still ongoing).
The value of human life should transcend whatever differences we have with each other. When I look at people around me, I do not want to look for reasons to dislike them; like myself, they are human beings who were given birth to by someone and they didn’t choose those circumstances: they pop out wherever they pop out and then have to put up with the circumstances that confront them and the world should be a place that provides support to all its inhabitants
We will all depart at some point and when we do, we take nothing with us….
Knowledge can improve the world we live in 