Mars Bigby thered_planet@hotmail.com
This is it. It's my last column. It's hard to figure out how to go out. I want to say something profound to leave your minds reeling. I want to say something so profound, so full of truth that it seers itself into your hearts and minds forever. I want to inspire you to get up, go out, and get somethin'. Is it me, or is this world changing?
Everything seems a little less pure, a little less true. There seems to be a little more hate and a little less love. We've managed to load the world into its very own hand basket and you can guess where we're headin'. I hope we can change it. I believe that we can. If I didn't, I'd retire tomorrow before I got started. Let me leave you with some important words, even though they are not my own.
"Every man thinketh his burden is the heaviest." Those are Bob Marley's words. I don't know when it happens. I don't know when we go from being the idealistic, young, naïve college students with hearts to being those old bastards on T.V. who are so wholly out of touch with reality and humanity. When do we stop thinking about our fellow man? I think it's the main thing wrong with the world. We find ourselves unable to put ourselves in the shoes of others. Unable, or maybe unwilling.
Maybe that way it makes it easier to get through the late night commercials and infomercials showing the starving children around the world. I wonder if 59 cents a day really can save their lives? We need to help our fellow man. I know nobody ever helped you, but maybe we can change where the world his heading by reaching out a hand. Stop and help the people stranded on the side of the road. Donate blood. Be an organ donor. Pay teachers more every chance you get in your life.
That way we can get rid of the bad ones. Help an old lady cross the street. Be a mentor. There are so many things we can do to make the world a little bit better. Why not do something? "Who the Cap Fit, Let them wear it?" Call it like you see it. There are bad people out there. Call them out. Hold others accountable for what they say and do. There is a popular religious tenet that we seem to have forgotten. It's the theory that if you stand by and watch someone do the wrong thing, it's like doing it yourself.
I'm not telling everyone out there to start informing. All I'm saying is if you see someone engaging in questionable practices, ones that force you to bend your integrity, then take them to task. "Some will hate you, pretend they love you now." Do I need to say more? You have to keep your eyes open for those who would use you to further their own ambitions at the cost of your own.
"Every little thing is gonna be all right," because "Jah Live children." "There's a Natural Mystic flowing through the air, if you listen carefully now you will hear." Stick with your friends if there's a "High Tide or Low Tide." Don't' "wait in vain" for their love though. "No woman no cry, no man no cry either. But don't run away, cause you "can't run away from yourself." Just "Keep on Moving and one day we'll all be "Jammin."
Peace be the Journey and much respect to my future colleagues and peers. See you in the real world.
Don't Get Me Wrong appears on Tuesday. Mars is a senior in university studies. His views do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Egyptian.
Published on 11/17/05; 12:24:44 PM
