Monday, September 13, 2010

Ghandi

Rhetorical question & alliteration
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We’re all born the same, but we’re all treated differently. We all stand for our beliefs, yet we criticize and hate others for their own. We judge before we know, and hate before we love.


Not all of us can be brave, but all of us can be cowards. I’m devoted to salyagrah (non-violence) the key to world peace.

I’m Ghandi, and my hope is my faith.

I’m Indian, I’m a Hindu, and I believe in the sole truth that the world can achieve peace, not by fists, but by words.

The anarchy of the heart is stronger and more defiant then the one of killing.

I come from a country that’s held in a cage, where we, the people, have no say and we therefore relay on our actions.

Our actions will be better heard when we say them with no blood on our hands.

Our country, India, will not condemn itself to be prisoned, because we, the people, the heart, the soul of India, will speak.

Will speak with revolutionary capability, we will speak with confidence in truth and in justice, and most of all, will speak with words and not weapons.

We will prove to ourselves that changes can be made, and will be made.

I’m no better and no less then anybody else. I’m not less because of my origins, and I’m no more because of my words.

Above being women and men, we’re people. Above being people, we’re humans.

Every move I make is ambushed by the awaking illusion that I have of peace, the truth that seems livid yet far away never presents itself.
Isn't it time for it to shine? Isn't it time for us to be a part of it? Isn't it time for racism to stop, for prejudices not to be made, for equality?
I traveled to England, and I came back. When I came back, I met a child with arctic glazed eyes that shone and glimmered. The glided sparkle of the child's eye that I saw was a sight I've never met before; it wasn't mischievious, misguided nor to be mistrusted, but were instead filled with such vagerous and bold force, with awing power, and the child's eyes didn't tell the story of one his age, but of one with experience of a lifetime.
He came close, and told me that there's no need for worry, he told me theres no need for pain or agony,
he said simply with words that I'll never forget, "I will pray, I will love, I will hope. I will do the things that all others do and think we don't because we seem insignifcant to them. I will do all but kill, and prove myself worthy. Worthy not of them, but of life. Of God."
If a child has such idealistics, such strength, and if that child is the future of India, I have no fear. Until our world is filled with childern and adults alike will be as accepting, we will fight.
Fight with compassion, with the promising future, fight for generations to come, fight for a difference. To be noticed and to be accepted that we will not change.

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