I have so much I feel, and want to voice, but absolutely no ability at all to organise my thoughts. I am going to begin blogging every day in an attempt to soothe my jumbled brain. First thing that I feel like writing about tonight, has a pretty deep subject matter, but it is something I believe in wholeheartedly - and that is the power of our minds. We live in a time where happiness is defined by materialistic items, and our way of life is extremely warped. Obviously when I speak about these things, I am not referring to everybody - I always try my hardest never to generalize - but the vast majority of people and also the higher powers who we are 'run' by have this mindset and they pass it on to those of us who can't think for ourselves. Governments; councils; presidents; prime ministers etcetera are the ones who hold the power over us people - and if you want to survive this day and age, you have to (in some way) conform to the way of life they condition us to live. Obviously there are those amazing people who venture out and live off the grid, adventuring and living a minimalist lifestyle - and that is insanely amazing - but not all of us can do that. We are 'taught' from a young age, to go to school - 'to be moulded into state approved, homogenous drones that cannot think outside of the prescribed consensus. We are taught to repeat information instead of think for ourselves so that we don't become a threat to the status quo. When we graduate, we get a job, pay our taxes, in order to perpetuate the corporate system of indentured servitude' - not quite sure who said that, but it is absolutely true. We have warped ideas of what life should be, and about what should make us happy. We have all these generalized, derogatory stereotypes that are bred into generations of children, and grown into generations of hate filled idiots. We judge people based on the way they look, and what they decide to do to their bodies, though it has nothing to do with us. We judge people for what they believe, where they grew up, and for who they decide to love. We judge people for everything - when really, all we should be doing is being grateful for every day we open our eyes, and appreciating how great we have it compared to some. Obviously we have to have some kind of order - I understand that, but I am not going to pretend to understand what kind of order that is. In my opinion, if you strip it all right back - everything - what it comes down to is that we all are born in our mothers wombs, we are all human beings, and we are all on this earth together. The only thing we are separated by is water. Your skin colour, sexual orientation, faith, accent, upbringing, etcetera all should not come into it for any reason other than celebrating our differences and appreciating life's diversity. I might sound naive, but I don't care at all. Strip things back - it will all make more sense. Think for yourselves, do what you want, open your mind, challenge what you are told, educate yourselves, smile and talk to a stranger, live every single day as though it is your last, because as cliche as it sounds, we get one life, and I do not want to waste mine with such disgusting, archaic ways of thinking. I want to wake up every day and be over the moon with the small things - being able to see, being able to hear, having a beautiful, healthy family, and beautiful healthy friends. I want to surround myself with positive energy and eliminate the bad. I want to have a happy, healthy soul, and live as a compassionate, generous, good human being. Become enlightened, and just be happy. Happiness is the most underrated thing in the world.