Due to recent events and seeing everything that has been happening around the world it has led me to believe that we have lost sight of what is really important. The world is so full of hatred and lack of compassion for others. Horrible, tragic events occur and instead of supporting each other -- we tear each other down. We are focusing energy on having different opinions and making sure everyone knows where we stand when really all we are doing is dividing ourselves. Suddenly we have no compassion if it goes against our viewpoint. We are all human, we have so many qualities that bring us together, but we choose to look at the ones that make us different, and focus on the negatives.

Diversity is beautiful. We are all people and all deserve to be loved, appreciated and understood. Discrimination is a huge issue, and I don't understand why we can't see past people's differences and realize that love does not discriminate.

We shouldn't care what color someone's skin is. We shouldn't care about what someone's sexual orientation is. We shouldn't care about what gender someone identifies with. We shouldn't care about who someone wants to vote for. Everyone is different obviously so why can't we accept that and move on? Why does humanity have to keep dwelling on things that don't matter in the grand scheme of things?

We need more love and less hate. We need to stop looking for differences in each other. We need to be there for each other because that's what we're supposed to do. It is so sad to wake up every morning and hear more stories about someone getting killed, about someone being treated poorly because of their skin color or who they love. A day doesn't go by that you don't hear something negative going on in the world, and it feels as though it is happening more and more frequently. It becomes a domino effect because we choose to take it that far.

It is scary to think about what the future holds if this continues. Who wants to raise a family in this kind of world? Where it is okay to openly hate people for things that they can't help. A place where violence is the only thing in the news and where innocent people die for no reason.

Opinions are great, and they allow us to have freedom with what we believe, but I think that we take it too far. Just because something goes against your opinion or belief doesn't mean that you have to have no empathy towards others who believe different.

I think that we need to learn how to respect each other's differences and move on. Times are hard and right now there is so much hate in the world, I can only hope that we wake up and change for the better and that we help each other out and stop caring about the things we can't change. Humanity is not lost; we just need more love.