People

I'm one of those people who says "I hate people" all the time. They make me angry. They do stupid things. They do thoughtless things. They're careless and prideful.

And many of us are those things at least sometimes, but you want to know how I really feel?

I love them.

I love people. That's why it hurts so much when we do horrible things to each other. I'm much more hurt and sad than I am angry. Every time. I am so grateful that we're all different and that we think differently, but sometimes we're just plain wrong. I don't believe in "everyone is entitled to his or her opinion." No, we're wrong sometimes and we need to take responsibility for that before those wrong thoughts lead to dangerous actions.

Unfortunately (or fortunately?), I also don't believe in karma. I don't think we'll get punished for what we do wrong all the time and especially not always to the same degree. We will get away with doing horrific things to others. That's why it's even more important that we right our own wrongs.

But, while we do the wrong things sometimes, we are so wonderful. There are people who do such amazing, kind, thoughtful things every day. They live to serve others. And sometimes it's pushing someone out of the way of a car only to get hit yourself, other times it is simply asking someone how they're feeling and looking after their emotional well-being.

We do awesome things. We do awful things. The point is to try our very best to do the right thing every day. To do a good thing. To do a nice thing. It's all about our fruits, ladies and gentleman. Let's try to make them all good, ripe, and tasty.