There are times that you find yourself without a
choice anymore. You might not understand what is right, but you should not just
give up. If you know what is going on, you cannot just keep quiet. You cannot
just sit there and be happy in your ignorance claiming that ignorance is bliss.
Ignorance has never been bliss. It is a false heaven hidden away from the
realities of real life…tucked away from the pain, sorrows and tears of those in
pain that are crying for the present.
The problem is that history has given us example
after example of what a majority of ignorance can lead to. We are all too aware
what being silent can lead. It can take us down a path where we see less of the
true potential of the coming future. It is not a path that those old enough to
remember want us to remember. You have to speak up before our blood soaked
history happens all over again.
As we speak up or attempt to, we can try to
determine what exactly determines friend or foe. Is it the colour of one’s
skin? Is it the ideals one believes in? What is it? Do you have that answer? Do
you even know what it means?
Each and every one of us has a heart. Most times
this piece of muscle is in motion full of passions and deep feelings. It is
these passions that make me realise however much we say we are ignorant, we are
not. We are loving animals full of life and only scared to show that side of
us, but we are traveling through the surface of time and time dictates that we
throw away any notions of ignorance.
If you do not believe me I am going to ask you to
simply try one small thing. Look up to the sky that is always blue at any point
in time. But in this day and age, doesn’t that endless blueness squeeze your
heart? You see the endless days of violence that gave birth to our age of tense
peace, filled all the survivors with endless sorrow. Those survivors are too
afraid to let go of what they fought for and have managed to suppress the
current generations, which have the views of tomorrow.
But…I say to those sad and old cowards,
Life goes on.
As long as you still have your burning souls, and
even if the truth loses sight of you, life goes on. Even if you wanted to
protect it and your heart was shattered, your eyes which knew the true sorrow
of yesterday can be filled with the same love that made you fight for the world
you dreamed of. You know what is right and what is needed, so don’t be afraid
to remain behind the walls of ignorance.
Let go of your fears and pass on what needs to be
passed on.
Do not let the light that our forefathers fought for
in days past, scatter in vain. Stop being ignorant and awaken to the truths of
this world. The time to speak out has come. Use your voice and awaken all your
neighbours pretending to be ignorant from that place where sorrow engulfs
everything.
If you love deeply with your strong courage and
hopes then how can you be ignorant? The memories of the sins of the past should
be a wake up call. I know that somewhere deep down, those memories bind all the
entangled souls lost in ignorance. That is what you should be aiming for.
Feed off those memories. Let them move you and those
around you. If you fight the ignorance you shall awaken from that slumber and
illuminate the whole world, from this place we have all been cast into by the
rest of the world. Do not let this world stop you from believing in today. Do
not let what is happening be the reason to shut your mouth. Continue believing
in today and what can happen for the future generations.
But if I may ask you, why do you feign ignorance
when you know things and can speak up for the greater good?
The state of the world has made more and more people
pretend to be ignorant. It is better to be ignorant that speak out. Even if you
do not like someone and are unwilling to listen to them, you shut up and act
like a robot.
You are not a robot, but still maybe we need to
learn that ignorance is not the answer and that speaking out also involves
tolerance. That is what is really lacking in this world. That is what has
forced many to be ignorant because if you do not agree with the authority, you
are labelled a traitor and a persona non grata.
But I want to ask…
Are you the only person that is right and will not
accept anyone that you do not like and agree with? That kind of sentiment puts
things in the minds of people “What if I had power, real power? If only I could
get a hold of such power?” …sentiments that in my dear country seem to be
causing the birth of a new rebel group…
Anyone that thinks that they do not have power will
probably think that way and become a curse on the peace. But you see the
problem is that once you get hold of that kind of power you are the one that
makes other people ignorant. You make them cry. Do not forget that as you
wallow in your own pit of ignorance.
You see you are not the only one who is right. If
you get power and think that the time to come out of the ignorant tide has
come, do not forget the last two paragraphs and wield your power blindly and
ignorantly, for your own personal reasons and justice. That would just make you
a destroyer of the innocent and nothing else.
So do not be ignorant. Do not be a coward. If you
know something, speak up and do not be afraid. And to those making others be
ignorant, life does go on. You can let go and trust that those who have a
vision of tomorrow in this current age will do as you did, they will lead the
world forward and you can sleep easy at let the world pass on to other hands.
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