So, the Future huh?

Wow, the future. Such a scary word, such a scary thought. What will I be doing tomorrow, two months from now? Where will I be in 2 weeks, 4 years? So many things change and oh-so quickly. Many people like to blame the past for what is happening today, and for what will happen in the future. Take a look at all of the wars that have been fought and major conflicts: World War I and II, America vs. Iraq, the Dutch Apartheid in South Africa, India vs. modern day Pakistan. Out of those devastating death full events, new ideas had been formed and shaped, but were soon forgotten. After the stop of an event, people went back to what they could do best, everything that they had been doing before.

I have high hopes for the future. I really do hope that only good things will come out of it, which I’m sure will happen. However, I only have high hopes for the future, if we change our way of thinking. Soon, we will be living with robots, parentless children, and a world full of losers who believe the media. Don’t get me wrong, it’s working out fine at the moment; but it won’t be for long. People don’t realize how we are damaging the planet that we live on; they don’t see how our ignorant actions hurt others. “Every time you’re tempted to react in the same old way, ask if you want to be a prisoner of the past or a pioneer of the future” (from Twitter). We have to realize that all the events that have occurred in the past aren’t the best ways to solve problems; there are many different ways that we should try for a change.

If we don’t change the way we are thinking right now: “We have technology to reach the future, but the educational system remains in the last century” (from Twitter). Relationships, exploitation and all of that powerful stuff will regain its meaning, its “what it means to be human” meaning; I hope to see the future in which people will walk on the street and ‘pay-it-forward'. "Kindness is one of the hardest things to give away, it always come back", when the world realizes this, we'll be a whole step ahead, and the future will just keep on getting better and better.

-- Sara de Jong
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