Differences

Why do people get scared, afraid, or don't try to understand people, cultures, religions, beliefs, languages and meanings of different words? Why does jealousy over what someone else has that might help you, lead to anger, hatred, envy, and wars, rather than asking the person to help you to have the same chance as they have? Why do we as human beings not just congratulate others for their achievements and accomplishments, but rather get jealous and envious?

I know that it's human nature to want to be the best at everything we do, and that we are a competitive people, but not everyone can do everything. What I am good at you may not be, and vice versa. So the real question is, why do we fail to understand each other at times, and in cases of governments, enforce our wills, laws and beliefs upon others? For those of you who believe in a higher power called God, is it not said that He gave us all freedom of choice, and that to change another person's point of view, if possible, persuasion, gentleness, and kindness works much better than force. "You can lead a horse to water, but cannot make it drink, and honey attracts more flies than manure" are true expressions.

"All in all, evil is still evil, a lie is still a lie, no matter how hard you try to cover it up, change its name, or hide the true intentions, the truth will always come out" -RunningWolf1989

"So what is truth? Truth in it's purest form enlightens the mind and understanding, and leads to the benefit of helping, not hurting others in any way, shape or form." -RunningWolf1989

You may say that my quotes above, are just good feeling statements or such, but if you truly think about what I stated above, you will know differently. Do I claim to know everything and all truth? Not even close lol, I am in a constant state of learning and hunger for knowledge even at my "age" right now. "For if we cease to learn, we cease to strive to become all that we can be, and better ourselves" -RunningWolf1989 modification of that quote.

The other day I was in a discussion with someone who I will not name, about what a certain word meant in my language compared to their language. The person went to an online dictionary to try to prove their point. The problem is, that online dictionaries are not always correct. For those who know how the Greeks translated the Hebrew language and then it was translated into the KJV version of The Bible, you will know what I'm referring to. Online dictionaries, translators and such are nice, but not always 100% accurate. For instance my Native American name on here in English means White Running Wolf, which is why my icon is what it is. But if you use an online dictionary or heaven forbid, Wikipedia, it doesn't even show the same meaning as in my language. So if I say, "Osda Svhiyeyi" to my contacts, depends on what they use to translate it, it might or might not be correct. Although Cherokee Native Americans know what I just said. But if I say "Yakoke" which is Choctaw, if they don't know the exact term for the word, they might not know. What if I say "Shalom Kavarim" and sorry to those who know the correct spelling but still know the meaning, do you get my point? Don't assume that translation is always correct online or even in books. On an interesting note, I used an online service to translate my name into Arabic, and am not sure if it's correct even, the service told me that it would be this: Radi Mazin...now I don't want to offend my Arabic speaking friends and contacts on here, this is what the service said it would be.

Current events between world nations show mistrust, deception, anger, hatred, lies, for people who are different than themselves. Even in my country people are this way because of racism against each other. Why is this? Why can't we all realize that no matter what you look like, we all bleed red when the blood is exposed to oxygen, not some other color. That we all have the same internal organs, diseases can kill us, love is what we all desire, and acceptance. For one day, ONE DAY, I challenge the world and all it's leaders, no matter what political affiliation or religion or not, to see that we ARE alike, that we ALL are inherently the same: Human Beings, not some other form of animal that can't think or reason or learn how to get along. Just think, one day, out of 365 in my calendar year, and it doesn't need to be any certain holiday in any country, just an ordinary day, where the world's over 7 billion people, look and say to each other: you are the same as I am, except for maybe gender options, and that we need to understand each other. What would happen?

For those of you out there, who understand Native American spirit animal beliefs, my spirit animals are as follows:

The White Wolf, The White Bear, The White Bull Buffalo

For those who don't understand the meanings of these animals, please ask a Native American, and not some online dictionary for the true meanings. No, I do not see myself as anything more than just a man who tries to help others if I can, albeit in inspirational words, hopefully in songs that I try to sing ( although not everyone likes my voice and thinks that I can sing lol) and in instrumental music that I compose and produce. Some may think that my animated music videos on my YouTube channel are not that great, but if you listen to my lyrics more than my attempt to sing them, you may just understand the message in them.

More than anything else, when I call someone my brother, sister or friend, I'm not just being polite, or such, that is what I see you as. When I give someone a compliment, or ask God to bless them, that's the truth. That's who I am.

Recently I posted a little post where I was interviewed for a Sales Management job, but was told that I had too much experience after the phone interview. If I have that much so called experience, why wouldn't the company want to hire me? I mean if that is the case, think how I could help your company grow. I understand economics more than people realize, yes, a company wants to hire people and pay them as cheaply as possible. But remember, what you pay for is what you get, not just in terms of products, but people as well.

So my thoughts on illegal immigrants in this country may or may not upset people. My personal view: let them become legal citizens and pay taxes like the rest of the people do. Especially if they have been here for years and years. Now this doesn't mean that I would accept terrorists, they would still have to be screened for the safety of the country. The only other thing that I personally would require is that the official language of the land be used and learned, so that everyone could communicate with each other and there would be no misunderstandings. The immigrates could still keep their language and cultural identity intact otherwise, because it's very important to know ones personal history and identity.

Parting Thoughts:

Whether you hate me, or like me, what I have said in this post is truth. Though each person sees truth slightly different than someone else, as long as it edifices and increases pure, real knowledge, then it's still truth. For darkness and ignorance cannot be hidden from plain sight forever, eventually everything comes to the light for all to see, such is the law of the universe and life.

 Hanta Nashob aka RunningWolf