"Too often we excuse those who are willing to build their own lives on the shattered dreams of other human beings"
Robert F Kennedy
The importance of that one statement IS HUGE. And very true and still true today, if not more so...Robert Kennedy Was a great man, taken from us too soon. It seems the "Great ones" are always taken. I think if he had not been assassinated when he was, we would be living in a very different society, country and living as a people a very different life. I believe he had vision beyond the age he lived in, I think he saw the road and path we were on as a country and as a people. His speech that i will post at the bottom, i think was well spoken and such an important statement, not only in the way of physical violence, but even in the violence we commit amongst ourselves as people, sometimes it doesnt take any physical to be violent, or to shatter someone so completely that it destroys them to the point of no return. So many today thrive on the "Drama" and Love of committing false accusations and statements against others. Not realizing the impact, or state this may put the other in, nor even considering the surrounding life of the other and how it may just be what breaks that person, shattering them, and their dreams as you build your life on that proudly. I believe he saw the "Events" Of what was to be in our society, and how it was transpiring, i believe he was intelligent beyond our comprehension. So much so This speech itself can easily be used, for Today. I can reflect on this and know very well and understand exactely what that statement at the beginning means, I recently had gone through a very hostile situation with several people which is not even worth getting into. All i know now is that During that very hard time, there was one man that helped pick me up and remind me that I was more than their words, and they were nothing but words. He helped me remember that no matter what another thinks of me, What i think of myself is most important. Every day he amazes me more and more, he is not perfect, but that is what is so great about him. I recently had a conversation with him about when i was in the hospital, at first i didnt realize what he was getting at as he was telling me of his friend and her mom who had cancer, and he told me of how his friends step dad left her mom because he didnt want to be there when she died. Well i thought that was just horrible! He agreed and proceeded to tell me of his momentary brief thought of whether to proceed with me, when he found out about the hospital stay and what was going on. His thoughts were ...SHE COULD VERY WELL DIE!...Do i want to go through this? do i want to proceed with someone who is going through this, what if she does die? do i want to go through the hurt of this. At that point he told me, that thought lasted for about thirty seconds, and then he realized at how he couldnt live with himself if he walked away to leave me alone and die alone possibly, he would rather have me and make my last days happy and know i was happy during that time.........shhhh dont tell him..but he made me cry on that one...i dont think he could tell , we were on the phone...i dont know , maybe he could. Now not to stray, the reason i used this scenario in this blog is because just that moment in my life made me realize that he was someone who would never shatter my dreams just to build his life on them. Belive me, there is more to tell and such great things that i discover about him daily. My point is this, If only we as people could stop and realize that maybe that person you dont like has just the same amount of emotions as you, and that maybe just maybe you could be the one person to break them and build your dreams on their shattered dreams, and when you realize this...stop and think if it would be ok if someone did this to you?
For once i met someone who thought about my feelings and just what consequence their actions may have on me as a person in the long run......This is pretty awsome. This speech was actually written in mind of war and the violence within our own borders, but i think its farther reaching, because as i stated before actions of another against an unwilling and unsuspecting person sometimes can be more damaging than a single handed slap to the face. It can leave lasting affects, and wounds that makes someone never trust another. This all becomes a vicious circle and we sit there and shake our heads and wonder why. We As people are too easy to accept the easy answer, hence why its so easy to lead us to the water of our governments choice for our drinking. We never question or try and look in another light at something we ordinarily would not accept. We allow others to decide what is right for us, we allow our friends to decide our fate in love, and who we choose for love, instead of making our own mind up. We place too much bearing on others for our decisions, when we need to stop and place our own views on ourselves, and swallow them and let them be who we are, we need to stop letting others tell us that the deaths of hundreds of thousands is ok because its protecting us in the end. Is it really?...ask yourself this question, more than once. Ask if its ok to look at me and make a judgment about me, without ever speaking to me. Ask yourself if its ok that i do the same to you. Diversity makes this country what it is and what it was. Unfortunately we make it hard to be diverse and different from another without having to protect ourselves because those different will always become hateful of what they do not understand. My friends love me for who i am, every last part of me. My Man Loves me for everything i am and everything im not, he loves my eyes, and my ass even though i dont have one! LOL He thinks im Beautiful and tells me i am, And that is all that matters, i may not be beautiful to another man , but to him i am and that alone is all that matters, because im not on this earth to be beautiful to everyone. Im only meant to be beautiful to the right one. He has the right to this happiness, as do i. Just like every person out there has the right to their own happiness with whoever they choose.
below is the whole speech , it is quite wonderful and well worth the watch
