I haven't posted in a while.
I haven't really had much to say. Well, that's not true, I always have a lot to say. I always have something that I'm fighting for, advocating for, rallying against. I need that in my life. I need something to push me so that I can push back. If not I think I tend to spiral into depression.
The strange thing about that is, I want this to be a world where I have nothing to fight for.
I acknowledge that I need conflict in my life, that I thrive when I have something to throw myself completely into because it means something to me. At the same time however, I want a world where I won't have that. My dream is to one day see a world where I don't have to fight because there's nothing to fight against. There won't be bigotry or hatred in the world, there won't be pain or illness, no one would ever feel like suicide is the only way out, and everyone will be able to live freely and happily being exactly who they are. This is the world that I dream of.
For the last year all I've wanted is to be able to help the victims of bullying and at risk and suicidal youth and adolescents. That's what I know I want to do with the rest of my life. And even so, I hope in the very bottom of my heart that the day will come where I won't have a job because what I strive to aide will stop being an issue. Children will be able to feel safe in their homes and in the world.
Since high school I've been an advocate for LGBTQA rights and equality. I love it and am so glad that I have the opportunity to be involved. At the same time, I want a world where I won't need to be an advocate anymore. Anyone will be allowed to marry the person they love and live lives free of hatred, intolerance, and persecution.
This is the world I'm fighting for.
I'm fighting for a world where no one will have to fight because there will be no need. I know that it's ideal and that it seems like a silly and far away dream, but it's my dream, and one that I'm fighting for each and every day.
And as far away and unlikely as it seems, isn't that the kind of world we all hope we'll live to see?
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