What I would say to the world

Running, sprinting, moving. If I could speak with the world, it would go like this:

ME:  "STOP! Please, slow down. Does anyone know where we are going? Why are we running and rushing and moving so fast? Why is it that we keep needing and keep getting, but then still need to get more? I SAW the answer back there, so why did we keep running?”

(I think you know our reply)

WORLD: “Progress. Have you never heard of progress boy? You must know nothing of the world, because it needs to be BETTER. That’s why YOU kept running too. What is of this world that we haven’t created by our progress? You ran past things that are NOT BETTER. ”

                ME: “ But I saw it! I ….”

I know the world is hearing, but not listening

ME: “.... Tell me, what is your neighbor’s name? How many laughs does it take from a stranger to make them not one anymore? When was the last time you thanked the sun for shining so nicely? Our happiness, the plug for the holes in our chests, lies in the connection of humanity.  Stop and say thank you. Your happiness was thrown away and locked inside your own busy heart.”

WORLD: “What are you saying? Flowers and love and sky can replace money, replace better? Only better can replace pain .”

ME: “what makes a mountain beautiful is the same as life; there cannot be a mountain top without valleys and hills.”

There exists a hole in the human spirit; the purpose of life is, among many things, to find what fills this hole. The world has tried time and time again to fill this hole with progress and materials, to no avail.