Love trumps hate.

I have this feeling in my heart right now and I don’t really know how to express it but if you care to stick around while I attempt to translate this emotion into words then I’d just like to say I appreciate it and I hope you enjoy and if you don’t then I’m sorry I wasted your time but it was your decision…

I guess the best way for me to describe how I feel is overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by life and it’s beauty and the good that still exists within humans… I came across Shia Labeouf’s current project which I highly recommend you check out; http://hewillnotdivide.us/ (I apologise for not being fancy enough to hyperlink but it’s 2am and oh who am I kidding even if it was 2pm the fact remains that I’m lazy) and for some reason just seeing these people, despite everything that has flooded the worldwide media and news today surrounding Trump beginning his presidency, going against the grain and telling everyone that they will not allow one individual to change them and their beliefs and what they believe is right just really hit me. I’ve always had faith in humanity but shit man, right now I feel like the happiness in my heart will cause me to burst!!

A light always shines brighter in a room filled with darkness, but if you choose to pay attention to the dark you’ll allow yourself to become blind to the light.

The world can be either dark or light depending on how you look at it because there’s good and bad everywhere, that’s just the nature of life. Yin and yang. Kenan and Kel. Balance. However, it’s up to you which you decide to focus on. There are terrible things happening all over the world and I never want to deny that or come off as though I’m saying that one should remain positive in those situations because I’m not. Well actually I guess I kinda am but I’m not claiming it’s easy to do so, I’m just trying to remind you (and myself) that there are also amazing things happening around the world by incredible people and as much as we like to acknowledge and discuss the bad and the evil, we have to credit and encourage the good because in a world that’s continuously teaching you that love isn’t beneficial, it’s difficult to give it. As cliché as it may sound, positivity breeds positivity and love is the most powerful energy of them all. I mean let’s face it, no sadness or anger has ever led me to feel how amazing I feel right now! And I also feel like it’s time for us as a people to make a choice.

I refuse to allow the world to harden me or to become blind to the good that still exists. I will pay attention, I will praise, I will support and I will choose love every single time.

If everything is done in Gods will then what do we actually control?

So, if you follow me on twitter you may have seen me briefly tweet about the following; if everything is done in Gods will then what do we actually control? Now before I get into it let me just say this, if you’re an atheist then I respect your views so I ask that you don’t use this post to say “I told you so” and as another way to disregard Gods existence in the world because even though I don’t have all the answers, my faith in the man above still remains.

Ok so here we go…

Firstly, what do I actually mean by the question I imposed? Well, I mean this…

If EVERYTHING in this world is a part of Gods plan then which aspect of our lives do we control? Which actions, decisions and judgments are actually our own? Because if you think about it, if you really take the time to sit down and THINK about it, we control nothing.

Absolutely nada.

Ziltch.

Zero.

When something negative occurs in our lives e.g. we fail a job interview/exam we brush it off and tell ourselves that it happened for a reason, usually the reason being that God has something better coming along but when a man rapes/murders then why is it that the same theory is then not applied? Why is it that that action was entirely down to the individual himself? Can’t it be argued that that too was out of his control and that it was a part of Gods plan… I mean, I guess you could say God only controls the good and that any evil that occurs is due to the absence of Gods love in ones heart but then that doesn’t make any sense either because God controls everything, EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING in this world so why allow the bad? Obviously God isn’t evil himself so you’re then told that the reason these ‘tests’ occur in our lives are because God wants to know who will follow him or who will move further away but then to me that’s still missing the point that he controls everything. Why would our creator give us the power to destroy his world when he could just overrule any decision we make anyway? It honestly makes no sense to me… Then when you think deeper into it it becomes apparent that our lives and destinies within this world and the next have already been determined in regards to heaven and hell because from the moment we are born we follow the script of our lives that God himself had written for us, the path we go down is not through our own choice and decisions but his… right?

This too, me, right here right now, this again is a part of Gods plan. This was already written, it was inevitable that this would happen so say I now walk downstairs and stab my father **disclaimer: I’m not a psycho I’m just using it as an example** was that too a part of Gods plan or did I make that choice entirely on my own?… Who knows ey.

Anyway, I don’t know if any of that made sense but these thoughts have been circulating throughout my mind for the past week or so so I needed to get them off my chest.

If any of you can provide any clarity on the topic however, please comment below or get in touch.