Inability to look at the person next to you and just see another human being is a mental health issue?

I am not sure human beings are naturally cruel. However, not being a medical expert, happy to be corrected

Accepting that none of us own the earth. We are just passing through and regardless of how much or little we each acquire, we will all leave with nothing when we die. As such, what do we truly feel, when we see others suffering? Does it matter what they look like or what their background is?

When we look at those around us: street cleaners, homeless people, drug addicts, doctors, nurses, teachers, children, asylum seekers, anyone; what do we see? what are our thoughts? do we see a fellow human being and nothing else? or do we immediately label them and think the worst of those that are different from us?

The world can and should be a better place BUT only if we can each ask ourselves: what is it all about?

There is a great deal of talk about mental health and I do not believe this is reserved solely for one situation or the other. Before labelling individuals, we should seriously consider the state of mental health that could drive an individual to look at another and just automatically wish them ill. Help needs to be made available to assist.

We all need to try this from today: look at all those around us (and I mean anyone around us, regardless of what they look like and where they’re from, what the do etc.) and see them as a co-inhabitant of a planet (earth) owned by none of us. Look at them as passing through and none of us will take anything with us when we depart. Now, if you still find it difficult to let go and see everyone as fellow human beings then pick up the phone and seek mental health assistance today