Our Future - Divided by Hate or Love

The world has changed in last few years. Especially since 9/11, Kargil, Syria.... and more recently, terror attacks in India, India retaliation; New Zealand shooting... 
Everything impacts us and everyone reacts in different manner. We have seen people take extreme stance about religion /community and on patriotism/nationalism

I am sometimes shaken by the way we are losing our core principle of humanity

When we were growing up, we did not made friends based on religion/financial status. We were never taught to look down or hate someone. We celebrated all festivals together Holi/Eid/Christmas/Diwali.  We were allowed to go (or not go), to Church/Mosque/temple without any prejudice. We were taught to respect and be kind. We will told to learn and build from our experiences. If someone had different point of view, we could agree to disagree, but never call them out as traitor.

I want my daughter to grow up in a world filled with love/humanity instead of hate. 
I want her to grow up where world is divided between good/bad/ugly and not on religion . 
I want her to grow up in an inclusive culture and not exclusive . 
I want her to have trust based relationships instead of doubt based. 
I want her to grow up where we stand united instead of divided.

It is up to us to teach ourselves, our children/friends/family around us that we have to believe in the goodness of people and there is more than enough goodness in world which overshadows all this darkness. See this world with open eyes and open mind. 
Sow good thoughts in our mind, nurture them and give them the capability to stand tall and provide warmth to everyone in all walks of life. This is a tough ask and we have to do this so that we have a better future for us, our children and generations to come.

Want to end my blog with small excerpt from Madam Secretary (S7 E1) and  i  believe it is applicable for all of us. 

"What is an even greater threat than nuclear weapons? That which makes the use of them possible: hate. Specifically, the blind hatred one group or nation can have for another. That is why I am convinced that nationalism is the existential threat of our time.
Nationalism is not the same as patriotism. It’s a perversion of patriotism. Nationalism, the belief system held by those who attacked us, promotes the idea that inclusion and diversity represent weakness, that the only way to succeed is to give blind allegiance to the supremacy of one race over all others. Patriotism, on the other hand, is about building each other up and embracing our diversity as the source of our nation’s strength. “We the people” means all the people. 

And it is why we must never lose sight of our common humanity, our common values and our common decency.  Because governments can’t legislate tolerance or eradicate hate. That’s why each one of us has to find the beauty in our differences instead of the fear. Listen instead of reacting. Reach out instead of recoiling. It’s up to us. All of us. Thank you.”

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