Our world is in danger.  Mankind is slowly destroying the world around us along with the life in it.  This world is filled with the beauty of nature. It  is this beauty that is being destroyed through the progression of greed. 
      Our children are also victims in this world we have created and destroyed. Every day there is a child who has suffered abuse, neglect, hatred, and even tragic deaths at the hands of demented adults. Those children who have learned to destroy as well learned their behavior from evil adults whose only goal is to destroy for their own self-gain. The innocence of children is what life is all about, yet their innocence is slowly becoming extinct.
     Our world today is in chaos. The Holy bonds of matrimony are being severed by adultery, disrespect and abuse. People are killing each other in greed; great cities are being built only to harbor crime and destitution. The only ruler mankind will follow and worship is MONEY. Selfishness and greed have replaced charity and love in the hearts of many.  Very few people today are willing to lend a hand without expecting something in return.

     What has happened to humanity? Why have we become so destructive towards the things in life we need the most? Modern technology has not truly improved our lives. They only mask the problems that we are not willing to face. We have only been offered temporary conveniences to long time problems. Mankind has been blinded by greed and cannot see the destruction caused by our so-called modern technology.  I am just as guilty of this. But I believe it is important to bring to light the reality of the world we are now living in.  I feel that we must make the effort to remember the things in life that are truly priceless. The future of our children is in jeopardy. It is vital that we preserve the sanctity of our world’s natural resources so that they too will benefit from the beauty that this world has to offer.  It is this modernized world of ours that has caused an increase in crime, poor health habits, selfishness, greed, a rise in diseases we have never heard of before, and conflicts among so many nations of our world. War has become an reaction that we accept without a second thought every time things don’t go our way. Compromise is a word we no longer even consider anymore.  The Human race is in danger and it is at our own hands.

     I often wish for days gone by when truth and honesty were things that didn’t take so much effort. A time when children were safe wherever they went-

a stranger was not quickly feared. Those were the days when competition was not a way of life, and every person was given respect. Hard work was something to be proud of and admired- not full of resentments. The natural beauty of our world was respected and admired; Air was pure and clean without the pollutants of today. 

     Those were the days we have forgotten in our struggle to become greater than the next man. What has happened to the decent moral values that we once taught our children?  Our children today are being robbed from the world we use to know. Many do not even know the true meaning of the word respect anymore. They are not to blame… we as adults have taught these lost children everything they know today. We have destroyed their innocence.

     It makes me sad to think that our society has taken a laid back attitude and are willing to accept things as they are now. Their reasoning is that this is a part of life. But the truth is that it takes real work to do what is right, and we have become a very lazy society. We see all the things that are going wrong- but find it easier to turn our heads and believe that what we see is someone else’s problem. We refuse to acknowledge that everything in this world comes back in full circle and eventually will become OUR problem to deal with. I can only pray that our society does not wait until it is too late to make any changes for the better. So many people today believe that the destruction of life on Earth is inevitable. But I believe that we have the power to control the outcome of our future. All we have to do is care and react.  We are allowing our government leaders to volunteer us on an expensive suicide mission. Unless we change the path that we are currently taking, we are moving fast-forward towards a head on collision with death. It does not have to be this way. We hold the power to change the fatal course of our future. But we have to work hard and care enough to make the necessary changes.

      So, what are you going to do? Step by step, hand to hand, heart to heart…. Change for the better IS possible. Do you care enough to make a start?