Easier to Love Or Hate?

When it comes to being kind to others, it can be difficult at times (or all the time). My question is why do those people choose to be unkind and, in a sense, ugly? Those individuals who are unkind somehow believe that what we would consider are the good parts of them, are not worth sharing. They keep it deep inside themselves and but show off their ugly exteriors.

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I recently finished the book Catcher in the Rye. In the story, Holden Caulfield states that he is surrounded by "phonies" that "just kill him." I agree with Holden. I refuse to believe that those who make people think that they are powerful and big are just trying to cover-up themselves. It's hard to believe that they could have good qualities but do you think these people really act like they do around their families or significant others? If someone pushed over their mother and made fun of them in their home, they must have some sort of mental problem and I mean that with all seriousness.
The next point I want to make are those who aren't bullies or bullied but those who stand around and do nothing. You know how Smokey the Bear tells you that "Only YOU can prevent forest fires." Well, I'm telling you that Only YOU can prevent bullying. You may be familiar with the the TV show What Would You Do. They had a harassment scenario in a restaurant that you can see here >soldier video. Even though the harasser and harassed were fake, you could still see how someone like the soldier stood up for a complete stranger with real genuine feelings. Here is another video about a Reedsburg Studnet who stood up to bullies for others. We have all experienced some sort of bullying and we know it makes us feel like crap. So why do we see it happen but not do anything about it? Well, as Holden Caulfield may say it is because we are phonies. For the bullies it is easier to be mean than to be themselves. For the onlookers it is easier to ignore than it is to act. The ease of things is what drives us.
Let's get our of our comfort zones and get the guts to stand up for others. I'm not saying it will be easy. The great people that stood up for others include Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and Abraham Lincoln who all died due to the hatred of others. The question I have for you is would you rather live a monster or die a hero if you had to choose? Hopefully NONE of you will have to die for your cause. So I guess a better question to ask you is this...would you rather live the rest of your life knowing you helped that one person or live the rest of your life knowing that you ignored them? Some of you may be thinking, "Oh, and you're so perfect that you always stand up for someone?" The answer is no, I haven't and I regret those decisions. I need to work at this as much as anyone else. So let's all work on this together because we're all in this together as we are all members of the human species.

End On a Happy Note:
We all love the Hiddles. Here is an "Loki'd video" of his interview. Have a great day!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K2AI44XI0s&feature=share