A beautiful Soul
By: Hamza Taousser
Tags: Pandoras Box, Kindness, Beautiful, Suicide, Helping Others

Words of antiquity

The current formula of the Human race, which is being presented to us by the scientists, is the sum total of all the challenges our race had to endure. From constant dangers surrounding our ancestors, ranging from Beasts, and Merciless animals, to unforgiving cruel weather and conditions…

True that we managed to survive the test of time, we were built for such matters, however, I cannot say that it was without a cost…

The cost I’m about to shine light upon, is that of a psychological one… The cost that manifests itself in the accumulations of the negative emotions, and the defensive mechanisms our brains developed, due to our survival instincts, which helped assert the significance of such emotions, that led to not only surviving but thriving as well…

Doubt, fear, resentment, anger, hate, greed, all fairly contributed to the rise of men, they helped shift and stir the scales of balance in favor of civilization. Man advanced thought the eras, ancient, to classical, to medieval, to industrial, and was able to build wonders and great machines alike.

“Were it not for people pushing each other, the earth would be spoiled”

The ripple effect

Which brings us to today’s era, where everything is interconnected, because of the existence of the Internet, and faster means of travel, our actions no longer die with us, our reactions and emotions no longer holds the same responsibility and effect of previous ages, they travel the world, they seek and either build or destroy…

Abusing a child, or stealing a small insignificant thing from someone, has a way more negative effect than you would have persevered, eating a bat and getting infected with a disease, no longer infects only a small place, the world is in our hands, and each one of us has even greater responsibilities than our ancestors had…

But in contrast, kindness and compassion also hold a significant effect, making someone’s day, with a smile, words of encouragement, being there for someone when they weren’t expecting it, buying your mother or father a gift, tending to your wife or husband, helping those in need, sharing positivity on your social media accounts, stop focusing on only what hurts us and balance the scales by embracing the things that make us human…

Pandora’s Box

Kevin Briggs, stood on a “Ted” stage and spoke about “the Golden Gate” bridge between suicide and life, located in San Francisco, he had a lot to say, but a few words captivated me…

On the bridge’s cord, Kevin engaged in a conversation with a guy named Jason, who had told him about the story of Pandora’s box, and that Zeus has created Pandora and sent her with a box, and told her to NEVER EVER open it…

But one day, curiosity got the better of Pandora, and she ended up opening the box.. out flew plagues, sorrow, and all sorts of evil against man, and the only good thing in that box was “hope”.

Jason asking Kevin: “What happens when you open the box and hope isn’t there”. With that sending his body on a free fall, that ended his life in a most gruesome death, and the collateral damage of suicide affects so many people…

But why am I telling you all this, well that is because we have in our possession the power to give hope and help with as much as we can, and just try to steal bits of pain and sorrow from those who suffer…

“They don’t want to end their lives They want to end their pain”

A beautiful Soul

On how many occasions did you had a chance to just think about someone and say to yourself “ huh.. What a beautiful soul that person has”, I’m guessing not many times, but I would love if we could be the change that we want to see in others, as Gandhi said…

Become that beautiful soul, become the silver lining in someone’s life, be there for the needed, we have accumulated an abundance of negative emotions across time, let’s start by accumulating positive ones for a change…I understand that we can’t always be that, all the time, I understand that it is easier for us to do harm than good, it is easier for us to be swept away and defeated, crushed and shattered, but every candle kills a bit of darkness…

I would love to give my utmost respect and appreciation to all the no caped heroes, the songwriters that leave us with happy tears in the nights, to all the caregivers, and all those who work in the shadows…

-THANK YOU-