"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it..."-Buffy Summers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 5, Episode 22.
The quote that is above is taken from an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy says it to her sister at one point. It isn't the whole quote, but it's important. The thing is, Buffy is not wrong. This world can be very hard to live in. This past week, Muslims in prayer were shot and killed in New Zealand. This is not okay. These kinds of things happen way too often. In this world that we live in, being born a woman can be dangerous. Being born a person of color can be dangerous. A person could be killed for their beliefs. A person can be killed for saying "no." And if something offends you, you get called oversensitive. Sometimes things are hard. Sometimes getting out of bed is hard. I hear so many stories everyday that break my heart. It's sad that when certain groups of people commit a crime, people tend to blame everyone of that race or religion or whatever. I lived next door to a Mosque in Manchester last year, and they were very friendly to me. All of them. The village where I lived was about 90% Muslim and I never had any unpleasant interactions with them. The only unpleasant encounter I had was with a racist old man. In this world that we live in, women get sexually assaulted, and if they choose to report, the assaulter gets very minimal consequences, if any, and the victims are treated horribly. And then people wonder why so many cases of sexual assault go unreported. It's like, look at what happens when victims do report. So yeah. The world is kind of a mess. Currently. But I keep hoping that someday it can get better. I try to do my part to make the world a better place, and if enough of us keep fighting, then maybe, someday, we can ALL feel safe to live in the world. As for the end of the quote....
"The hardest thing in this world is to live in it. Be brave. Live....for Me."
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