We all need angels in our lives whether they are literal or spiritual angels. Ironically we spend a lot of time running from them. We run from what makes us happy and peaceful. We should always strife to allow the angel in us to always win over the demon.

I have been thinking about this post for quite some time. I am not sure why I have not written this before other than timing,

The world needs hope. We need hope. Wherever we are. Whatever we face. Whatever tries to make us hate.

Always find the angel… Do not find the demon… Do not find the demon ever, regardless of if it hides within you or hides outside you.

Find the angel whether it is in you or outside.

We should be brave enough to listen to our hearts. To find peace, compassion and kindness.

Some time back I spoke to a dear person to me after I showed him a video of an incredible violation in just one of the many places of this world. He said: “That is so incredibly sad to watch. From where does the evil reside? Why is there no barrier?”

He was right. That should be the questions. Always.

I eventually followed up by saying I have seen worse than he saw. I am now numb to most videos I see online. To make me react I almost need to see multiple images and videos. I want more. I almost seek this thrill to see something “worse”. It is weird. I feel intrigued and at the same time appalled by myself for needing more about this tragedy, misery and graphical images/footage. Yet I want more. Give me more.

Huh? When I look back at it, it really does not make any sense.

Nope. It does not.

We end up in a spiral of wanting more dramatic, graphical images and videos etc. Again. Again. And again.

The addiction to see worse things will just get worse and worse. You need to top the last video and/or image to really feel something. With your quest for emotions, feeling anything gets harder and harder and harder.

For instance, when the incredibly tragic accident at the air show in Reno, Arizona, USA happened, I found myself trying to find the video(s) and/or the image(s) showing the impact of the airplane in the ground and as intrigued and drooling bystander relive the terror of the audience and relive the event. It became a quest to find it. Yet why… I ended up spending an hour or two just to find that video showing it. The posts on YouTube and Flickr telling a story of people re-uploading the videos they saw just to get some hits. They wanted to get fame by hits of tragedy. They were just after hits. Most entries really were link baits just to get people to get them views. Weird and at the same time just so easy to understand. Regardless it is still just so incredibly sad.

I remember my own feeling finding a still image of the impact of the plane. I was disappointed. I wanted to see the impact in real time. I wanted to hear the sound of the crowd. I wanted to hear the sound of the impact. I wanted to see the flying parts of the plane etc etc.

It is a truly insane emotion looking back yet that is what I wanted. Sad. I know. But true.

Put bluntly (and I feel partly embarrassed about it): I wanted to see the tragedy. I do not think I still understand why, and why I feel the urge to see worse, and worse things. Maybe it is simple human curiosity.

But then why are we not curious to see good things?

I have no clue. I really do not. Logically it makes no sense. From the terms of surviving yes it makes some sense.

Maybe we just need to create a global culture of seeing good. A global culture in which the standard is compassion and kindness.

The more I think about this I just know it is time to make amend and take the first step towards making the world a kind, compassionate and friendly place.

There is a famous Lebanese doctor got all his three daughters killed by an Israeli tank. He more or less said no more. He decided not to hate. He wrote an amazing book I Shall Not Hate by Izzeldin Abuelaish.

We shall not to hate. It is a mantra I believe is worth living by.

Always.

Let us find the angel within us.

Always. Always.

It is true yet incredibly hard.

But…

It is path towards kindness. It is the path to peace. It is the path towards compassion. It is the path we need to walk.

But most importantly…. It is the only sustainable path.

Let us find peace within ourselves. Between us. Let us find peace in general.

Let us focus on finding the angel within us, not the demon.