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The World We Live In

What a time we live in.

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The World We Live In
BELINDA SOOLE

What has been sweeping the world since it came out? Filling up Facebook feeds and Snapchats? Pokémon Go. This wonderful invention of phone gaming while having to be outside gives us hope in a time of distress.

Money is hard to come by.

Time is slipping away.

We are scared of the government (Illuminati please don't kill me).

We live in uncertain and scary times.

Everyone is uneasy about the future presidency, no one feels safe in malls, clubs, schools, theaters, or even on the streets. People are still being targeted, every day: gays, bisexuals, asexual, blacks, Asians, Mexicans. Most importantly children. These are our children. Parents do everything to make their children safe. But what about the neighbors’ kids, and the kids down the street? Where's their love?

Though these times maybe unsettling, there are bright sides.

There is more love for the LGBTQQIP2SAA community than ever before.

More and more high schools don't have stereotypes, as all the students have more and more love for other groups.

People are playing again, no longer scared of being judged because they probably will be anyways.

The plus size movement is a thing and it's wonderful to not feel ashamed.

We must think of these things as progressive.

People cared enough to try and help Flint, Michigan.

People are trying to make people understand the need for national health care.

So though we don't know where we are headed and we are scared to go there, we can stop and appreciate something as simple as Pokémon Go.

It's bringing people outside and together. People are filling the streets trying to collect all the Pokémon.

When I see anyone playing I feel safe, happy and welcomed. One little thing can bring so many people together. Pokémon Go is bringing the old to the young with everything in-between. Making people find groups despite their differences. They all share one common interest. They may be different but they don't care, they're friends because of Pokémon, because they enjoy each other's company no matter their differences.

What if instead of wondering about whether your kid is gay or straight you were wondering about whether they caught Charmander or not? What if instead of worrying about sending your kid to school that day you worried about how many Pokémon they're going to catch that night? What if instead reading about the next terrorist attack you're reading about someone that caught all the Pokémon? What if instead of mourning lost ones, we were celebrating findings?

What if we could just stop the violence?

Could we be happy in a world of love?

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