The End

                An ending. Everything must come to an end.  But does it have to?  When life leaves your body, do you still remain on earth, a part of everybody else?  Do all the stresses and hardships in your life accumulate to just nothing.  Or is there a reason for adversities, a reason to stress, a reason to live?  This blog will come to end, but like my life, even after it ceases to continue, it lives on.  People will see the old posts and make it live again.  People will adapt a new historic point of view and “see [the blog] as if new” (Barry).

                There are many things that I value and stand for in my life.  Things that other people are oblivious or ignorant towards.  One of those “things” that I would like to teach a class about, tell my children, that I clearly understand, but want others to know about, is the prejudice and discrimination of “the other”.  “The other” is a term I learned this year in my English class and is a classification of anything not “normal” which in this case for America, is a white heterosexual male with no disabilities.   The difference in treatment amongst people is revolting.  People will treat a homosexual much different that a heterosexual just because they love different types of people.  The problem with discriminating “the other” is the fact that these people are born that way.  There is nothing “the other” can do to change who or what they are.  Judging on a personality is one thing, but on a genetic dissimilarity is naïve and hurtful.  Unfortunately, it is extremely difficult to change fully developed adults’ opinions on “the other” and thus we must focus on generation z.  Stigmas against another type of person are based on nurture, not nature.  If I have children I will teach them how to respect a human for being a good person, not because they are “normal”.  I would teach this generation z that hate words, while even if used “non-maliciously” still are tactless and othering.  Words such as “fag”, “retard”, or any racial derogatory slang only perpetuate the problem even if not meant for the literal term. 

This blog has been about stress in everyday life and finding out where it exists.  Imagine that everyday stress doubled by the stress of being an outcast, of being the outsider. Stop viewing the world from only your eyes, but shift your vision to someone who you might not understand and give them a chance.  Don’t inadvertently put unnecessary stress in another’s life.   Help teach the new generation how to love one another.  Have teacher’s tell their classes, preachers give a sermon, and individuals give a TED talk.  No matter the means, make the end matter.  Have your legacy be acceptance.  Your life will continue on with the ones you love and your lessons that you have taught them.  I stand for compassion and tolerance, what do you stand for?