Many times, I have kinda wondered how so many people take joy or derive joy in making other people sad or depressed.
So many youths today, derive excitement or joy in making the other young person feel dejected because he or she isn't from the same background or doesn't dress the way they do.
There is no need to make the other person feel less of a human or feel worthless because you feel they are not your spec.
Why laugh, ridicule, or make a mockery of others because you think all is well planned out for you and working out just fine the way you wish and not for them?
Why make other feel the world revolves just around you and you've got everything and everyone under your feet where you need them to be yo serve you, work for you and accept all your bidder?
Why? I ask once again Why?
Why look down on others with disdain, why look down on the dresses of others with disdain because you think yours is more expensive and worth the praise of others and not the other person?
Who says we all were not born with a silver spoon in our mouth? Who says we all do not have a bright future? Who lied to you that having all that you think you have now is what life is all about?
Good for you that you are opportune to go to the best school, college, and university just as you wanted but that never gave you the right to disrespect others who do not have that opportunity.
Who says we never dreamed to have the best life just like you are having now? Who says we never dreamed of having the best academic qualifications, serving our father's land as a National Youth Service Corp, working in the best establishment, getting married to the one we love, and starting our own family happily.
So what? So what? So what?
You know, because you have gone through all that and others who are your mate have doesn't give you the right to disrespect them.
Because they are still single without a relationship and you feel in the next coming months or year, nothing of such is going to happen to them doesn't leave them to be harmed using your claw.
Good for you that everything is working well for you, good that you are wearing the fanciest and expensive outfits, So what?
Good for you that you have all the money to get all that you wish now but hear me out now, Today doesn't count because there are still more years ahead of us all.
Stop making others feel less of themselves because you have all that you ever wanted, stop degrading others because you have been blessed with the perfect curve and beauty to go with. Stop humiliating others because you wear the most expensive outfits, stop laughing at others because you are opportune to be married while they are still single.
All may be going well with you today but you can not predict what will happen to the other person tomorrow. You don't know where and when you will be in need and need the help of those who felt you can do without but because of your behavior, you may never be able to get help from them because of how you treated them when they had nothing.
STORY
A story of a fat girl who wanted to be a gymnastic teacher but felt it is going to be an impossible accomplishment because of her body size but she was encouraged by her mother to go to the gym and learn all the basics. When she got there, her gymnastics teacher never liked her and always found a reason to humiliate her because of her body size.
After few weeks of trying to make her gymnastic teacher see reasons that she could be good in the class, she gave up and decided never to go back to the gym again but fortunately, her mother helped her to continue her gym classes by creating a space for her at home and giving her all the basic she will be needing by watching from the video.
Few months, the girl became the best and famous gymnastics teacher and was on the cover page of a magazine all thanks to her mother and her consistency.
She had her own space and began teaching people. Funny enough, her old teacher lost her space n her students came across the magazine and decided to meet her so they could work hand in hand.
Getting there, she was wowed to see how far this girl got going for herself and when she tried asking for a hand of partnership, she was rejected. She left in shame and guilt.
As shot as this story may look, it happens every day in our society and within ourselves. We look down and scorn others because of their looks, body size, clothes, and the rest that we can think of all in the name of we think we are better than them forgetting that today has ended and another will begin, we can't tell where that person will be and where we will meet.
The world is too small of a place for you to throw your negative vibes at people's faces, it is too small of a place to accumulate enemies for oneself.
Thank God for that girl's mother who helped her child rise in such a situation like this but do we know or can we count thousands of people we have killed literally, can we count numbers of young souls that have gone down the drain because of depression.
Can we count the numbers of unused vessels and knowledge that commit suicide daily because of peer pressure? These things happen and more but we can only stop this if we learn to see people for who they are and learn to accept them just the way they are.
If you don't like them, walk out of them rather than humiliate them, if you decided to walk with them, then don't make them your servant or a tool to be used to satisfy your selfish craving for mockery but help them up and let them see the good in them.
You can not tell and don't know where you will meet them tomorrow and that is more reason why you should learn to respect everyone that comes your way. The world is small and just maybe you will need them tomorrow when you will need a hand to help you up.
Respect everyone regardless of their background or looks. Give out a helping hand to those who are in need and you know you can.
Thank you for reading through my article.
Sometimes, ridicules are also meant to make us stronger...I am saying this based on experience. I am just happy that I learned to be more resilient despite all those remarks from other people.