Change In The World: Jared Spaulding

I wish people didn’t resort to horrible acts of violence to make a political point.

I wish people were better at communicating their displeasure and used their words and ideas to convince others to support them, not intimidation and fear.

I wish people could cure all those terrible diseases that ravage the bodies and minds of our loved ones while we stand there impotently and watch them waste away. 

I wish people didn’t live their lives in quiet desperation just going through the motions until the day they are nailed in a coffin.

I wish everyone lived their life with a sense of purpose and meaning. 

I wish people could have a disagreement and not resort to name calling or raised voices or belittling others to inflate their own insecure ego. 

I wish everyone had a roof over their heads, especially during the bitterly cold winters. 

I wish people didn’t have to wonder where their next meal was going to come from.

I wish children didn’t have to die from diseases that have been cured already simply because they didn’t have access to the proper medical treatments.

I wish people didn’t have to choose between drinking filthy water or dying of thirst. 

I wish everything didn’t revolve around money. 

I wish people weren’t so angry.

I wish people didn’t complain about boredom when there is a whole broken world outside their window.

I wish people weren’t so selfish.

I wish people wouldn’t spend so much time looking at what makes others different from them. 

I wish people didn’t waste so much of our lives on trivial pursuits and games.

I wish people wouldn’t look to entertainment as a way to escape their current reality.

I wish people read more and tried to educate themselves before expressing an opinion on a subject.

I wish people didn’t waste time with hate and worry.

I wish people didn’t get offended so easily.

I wish people laughed more.

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