Feb 28th, 2022: Humanity! What Do We mean?

 


Humanity! What do we mean when we use that word?

Are we talking about ourselves in vague concepts?

Philosophers might have other clever ideas.

So we can be content with our own inept.


Can we change for the better?

Many schools of thought have indicated that.

History seems to tell us otherwise.

We just get better with our evil crafts.


How are men like Putin can have access to incredible power?

They cannot do it alone.

We cannot fight against unjust aggression with any meaningful resolution,

because we cannot find moral certainty with our immoral drones.


Sanction we say and more negotiation we offer.

No leader in the world now can lead the fight for undeniable justice.

People of Ukraine feel the abandonment from the rest of Europe.

Others stand close to them and watch their nation shredded into pieces.


Voices of corrupted leaders will echo each other.

They proclaim they will stand for democracy,

knowing they ignore the voice of their people.

We are heading towards a global trend of tyranny.


So what do we do mean while using words like humanity?

It is a mere vanilla sense of tolerance and diversity.

How about having the freedom to love God and one another.

That demands walking away from our own entitlements so others might live.


Psalm 8: 4

"What is mankind that you are mindful of them,

 human beings that you care for them?"

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