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You Still Have A Chance
n his lifetime, John very knowledge that has made concentration camp cell
IKeats wrote a letter us cynics. Our hearts have during World War II by a
to Charles Brown saying “Is become hard and unkind. To Jewish prisoner: “If there is a
there another life? Shall I quote Charlie Chaplin, “We God, He will have to beg my
awake and find this entire think too much, and feel too forgiveness." When I first read
dream? There must be, we little. More than machinery, this, my heart ached for all of
cannot be created for this sort we need humanity. More than humanity and the first
of suffering. “Years later, I, a cleverness, we need kindness thought that came to my mind
teenager of the 21st century and gentleness." When I was a was a famous Shakespearean
reads this while researching toddler, that time, the quote, 'Hell is empty and all
about poets. If I had to constant slogans of “Being the devils are here.' Humans
pinpoint a moment in my life Human" used to confuse me. all around the world need to
where I realized the dire need You see, my eyes had not yet wake up to the reality that by
of humanity this world has, it seen what monsters humans the end, love is what really
would be this when I'm could turn into only for a matters. Yes, there is fear, but
reading it. At its core, what is certain level of power. Life there does not have to be hate.
humanity? What are human was still sunshine and Yes, we all have differences,
beings? Allow me to rephrase, rainbows. Ignorance is truly but there does not have to be
what are human beings bliss. I am only sixteen years hate.
supposed to be? old, and I have much of the Let us all rise above our
We are supposed to world to yet witness but I have petty differences and unite to
help one another. To live by seen enough to realize that the fight our real enemies-
each other's joys and not just world I believed to be a utopia ourselves. Let us all join forces
sorrows. To love and support is actually a dystopian to fight the cruel inhumane
one another, not hate and nightmare. monster lurking inside all of
despise. The raw and divine One of the most raw us and fight for the humanity
meaning of humanity is to and real evidences that I have to prevail.
love, to care, to help, to be your ever noticed is man's cruelty Sandli
own self, truly and completely. to man. Phrase that was
G-11 Mars
It also means to be loved, to be carved on the walls of a
cared for, to be helped, and to
let people be their own selves.
However, monstrous vices like
greed and hatred has staked
their way into our souls and
has poisoned the very heart of
the human race. We have lost
our way.
Over the centuries,
mankind has developed
machinery that offers us an
abundant life. But it is our
