Choosing to fight or to love?
Despite the fact that babies come out of the womb screaming for dear life as if they already “just cannot” deal with what they are about to endure, it is still my belief that in our most natural, purest form we are just one simple thing- love. Nothing else. Despite the fact that our human complexities say otherwise. We are beings with a need and a desire for love and happiness. We crave it and even unintentionally seek it in different forms. Although we all love, many of us do so briefly, with conditions, and in waves. Our selfishness stops our loving souls and through fear and the chaos of this world, we become harsh. We begin fighting with ourselves and others. We become the abused and at the same time, the abusers. One feels pain and then lashes it back out without a thought. And reacting simply becomes an instinct. The cycle continues. We are naturally such complicated beings, we can be hostile and unintentionally cruel, even from such a young age. We are fight...