Bleeding Hearts of the World Unite

Social media can be an amazing thing to have.  You have an instant connection to friends across the country and it is all literally in the palm of your hands.  Yet, with positives there come negatives; social media is one of the worst places to be.  It is so filled with everything wrong with humans.  I have found so much hate lately.

One incident in particular that happened to me was on the anniversary of John Lennon’s death.  I had posted a picture of my father and me both sitting on the Imagine mural in Central Park.  I received a particularly nasty and unwarranted response from someone telling me that John Lennon was an evil minded individual who escaped the world through drug abuse.  It really rubbed me the wrong way not only because I disagreed, but because they decided to try to inject negativity in something that was very positive for me.

 I know that putting anything out on the internet can lead to unwanted attention; I’m not upset because got a negative response.  I’m upset because someone thought that their opinion was more important than someone else’s happiness.  My tribute to John Lennon was harmless. I did not intend to change anyone’s opinion of him, I was not shaming his murderer, I was simply saying it is a sad thing he is gone and I wished I could've lived in a world with him, as I find him an inspiration both to myself and my father.

It is entirely possible to have contrary opinions to someone else and keep it to yourself.  There are instances in which you should reach out to someone; If they are hurting themselves or someone else with their thoughts and opinions, then that is appropriate to interject, but any other time is unnecessary.  This person, and many like them, seek out things to disagree with.  They shame and attack others just to acknowledge, in their own mind, that they are right and anyone else is wrong. That is the ugliest a person can be, to seek out the negative in every situation.

My suspicions tell me that these people are not happy.  How could you be if everything you put out in the world is negativity?  My good family friend posted something earlier this morning on Facebook (which reminded me that there are still good thoughts in the world) saying “In the end only kindness matters…” which couldn’t be truer.  Being kind makes people around you happy, and makes you happy too.  It only makes sense to be positive and happy.  Everyone deserves to be happy.  If that opinion makes me a bleeding heart, then let my heart be a geyser.  I’d rather be “soft” and happy than callous and miserable any day.