Humanity must have an overarching purpose for its being, and that purpose has to be, for the betterment of that humanity, in whole. What makes for the betterment of humanity is what makes for the betterment of a nation – which is, equality, justice, fairness, consideration for the other, and fair opportunity for all. To the degree that those that are our elected representatives and our national leaders, represent these attributes in action, then to the betterment they thus serve humanity. Whereas, those that are in power and of influence that are divisive, narrow-minded, bigoted, deceptive, unjust, and self-serving are the very people and institutions that are clearly not good for humanity, while also serving as real impediments and obstacles to the good advancement of that humanity.
Nothing that we purport to desire to achieve for humanity at the present time can conceivably be accomplished in just one generation – but rather, step-by-step and thus through persistence and drive, we can, each of us, help build upon the good values and good principles that have preceded us to thereby get us ever closer to where we need to be. None of this is possible in a vacuum, and further to the point, each of us, has our own weight to carry as our obligation -- for to take humanity to a better place, takes a collective and focused effort, for there are no shortcuts to earn what has to be earned by our merit.
The dissatisfaction that most of us feel deep within our psyche, is there as a constant thorn in our side, or as a ping upon our conscience, so as to awaken us up from our lethargy, or else to serve as a reminder that a life lived around distractions, and mindless activities, is a life poorly lived. None of us has the same abilities, and none of us has the same background, but all of us, should have a vested interest in seeing that we as a people, are part of the process of progress, as opposed to being those that seemingly don’t care or that actually work in opposition to such.
What each of us gets out of life, is what we put into it – and while it is true that we do not all start at the same place, the destination for all, is collectively the same. This thus signifies, that each of us has the fair opportunity to be contributors to the greater good of humanity, and therefore of a life well lived; for that in a nutshell, should be the abiding purpose of our life and of our being. We are each given opportunities to prove our value, and each of us are tested so as to see whether we are true to what we profess in our heart to be.
As it has been written, no man is an island, and the fact that each of us is here on the same planet, signifies that each of us, has been created by the very same hand with therefore the same unalienable rights. The fact that we recognize those unalienable rights as being invaluable is one thing – but the other thing is whether we are the ones to defend those rights, come what may, and thereby to help make society better for our participation in it, or whether we won’t do our fair part, instead.