The evil in the world has managed to seep into the seams of our foundation, bringing hate and discrimination into our everyday situations. In which the only answer for the hate is to turn around and throw it back in their face, leading to a change in pace, in the race: in which we call life.

How can we expect a winner when we ridicule those who even try to run in the first place, questioning their morals and degrading them for their interest in the long game, tripping them up and hoping for nothing but the worst for them, in order to push ourselves forward in the ranking system.

We tend to say we care but are the first to back out when it means making change, we limit ourselves to the expectations of those around us and yet are the first to complain, we expect great things but aren't willing to give more than we get in return, we are the first to complain about the ignorance but aren't willing to sit through a lesson in which we need to learn.

How can we imagine a world in which peace and equality are just as important as "likes and spending sprees" when the most influential people aren't the ones running our countries, but rather are the ones being featured on MTV and People Magazine. How can we ask for life and liberty when we can't even manage to turn on the TV and see a women being treated deliberately with respect?

How can we expect nothing but "the best" from the children of today when the hardest thing in life isn't to thrive but rather to survive? How can we expect anything from a person when they have to dedicate themselves to simply staying alive?

We ask for love and perfection, with the intent of deception being the key part in the misconception of rejection. Shunned and stunned, we manage to eliminate the odd man out with the simple choice of not playing on his strengths but rather his doubts, and then plead for them to not hide their pain in silence but rather cry out: for help.

The evil in this world has managed to seep its way into our foundation, bringing hate and discrimination into our every day situations. And until the day when we can justify why the hardest thing in this life isn't winning, but rather: living, we have failed as a nation.

This world isn't a place of rainbows and butterflies, with happy ever endings and an absence of lies, it's a place filled with hard times, where people you love will some day die; and that day may be tomorrow, or even today, and you don't get a say, but you hope and pray anyway.

This world isn't a place where your dreams are promised to come true, but you work hard and do what you have to do, to survive and run your part of the race, despite the challenges and obstacles that you may come to face. So fight the fight and run the race, aim for first, but be happy just to place!