Rainbows and Smiles

So I was on the phone with my friend and I randomly blurted out “RAINBOWS! RAINBOWS AND.......SMILES!” So that started a thing where we said that all of the time. And I randomly looked up “rainbows and smiles” on youtube. I got this clip from the movie Mean Girls. It’s the part where everyone is apologizing on stage and this girl comes up and says “I wish I could bake a cake out of rainbows and smiles and we could all eat it and be happy.” Everyone thought she was a freak. So this is what triggered this blog.

Why is it that people are made fun of when they say they want world peace? Why is it that people laugh when people say they wish we could all be friends? What is wrong with hoping for those things? I think it is stupid for people to be ridiculed for envisioning great changes in society and this world. Without that invisionment, we will never make progress. People say things like “I want to help cure cancer” and everyone is thinking “yeah right. That’ll happen.” Without these thoughts, we will never cure cancer. If no one believes in world peace, we will never be able to achieve world peace. If no one wants everyone to get along and be friends, we will all fight and hate eachother.

I want a world with worldwide free trade and interdependence. I want a world with no war. I want a world where the wealthy can sacrifice some money for people who have none. I want a world where everyone is given the same human rights, and those rights are respected. I want a world with no crime. I want a world where everyone is friends with everyone they know. I want a world where people put their priorities aside and work toward helping others. I want a world with global equality.

Am I just a delusional dreamer? I hope not. Why does it have to be so hard to achieve these things? Why does it have to be so hard to even believe we can achieve these things? Why is it that countries care more about power and national interests, than the interests of mankind and the world? When the world can drop their pride and work together, with no barriers, we can save the world, economically, socially, and environmentally. When we all work together, we can all achieve our national interests as well as global ones.

One man didn’t build the pyramids himself. For mankind to achieve great things, we need to cooperate. We need to forget our individual role and realize our goal as a group. We have achieved great things because of cooperation, so why is it that so many people are reluctant to cooperate towards a new goal to make a big influence? After all the things mankind has achieved, why are we in denial of our capabilities as a group?