I challenge you to become better

Yesterday morning, while I was getting dressed, I heard Marvin Gaye's song "What's going on…

It goes on to say:

"Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate.
You know we've got to find a way to bring some lovin' here today, oh oh oh oh
Picket lines and picket signs
Don't punish me with brutality
Talk to me so you can see
Oh, what's going on? "

I started to cry because I remember this song in the late 60s, and here we are in 2024, still dealing with these same issues. I am so sad. I am sad for the world we are living in, for a world that I will be leaving for my girls.

I am sad that we haven't learned anything in 50 years.

I am sad because why can't we see that we are all human beings and we all should have the same rights.

I am sad because we all bleed the same color. We all want a better life for our children and that we are all God's children.

But I realized that I can only change my part in this. I am only in control of what I say and what I post. So I asked myself what do I want my girls to hear me say, what do I want my readers to hear from me?

I don't want to be part of the problem, I want to be part of the solution. So how can I do that? I prayed because I needed to find the answer, and it came to me, I realized that the song is it…. Only love can conquer hate…

Only love can conquer hate…

So I have decided from here on out that I will only post about the good stuff, acts of kindness, compassion, and love.
And I challenge all of you…

I know so many of you have done stupid challenges in the past, but this one can change the world.

Let's flood social media with this, people helping people, all races united, random acts of kindness.

Let's put out pictures of people standing together. Police officers doing good deeds, children of all races playing together just like in Martin Luther King's dream.

I will no longer be part of the problem. I will not keep pushing hatred on to one another. I will no longer finger point. Instead, I will love. I will not delete the bigots and racists I've realized I know, some of which are my own family members. No, I will keep them on my social media pages so that they can see what love looks like and what true compassion for another human being feels like.

I will not argue when others call me names, I will just keep flooding my pages with love.

Now some of you might laugh and say what's going to change… your one person, that's nothing.
So I will kindly remind you that Rosa Parks was one person, that Martin Luther King was one person and the countless others that were alone in the fight for righteousness, and yet they changed the world.

So today, my friends, I challenge you to make a difference, to change, to love, not hate. I will leave you with this, these amazing words of change from people who have done it.

Compassion is the radicalism of our time.–
The Dalai Lama

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.–
Mahatma Gandhi

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.– Martin Luther King Jr.

Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.– Malala Yousafzai

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.– Margaret Mead

And like I always tell you at the end of every blog..."Be the change you want to see,"
@TreadmillTreats

© TreadmillTreats