The phrase "with freedom comes great responsibility" didn't really come from vain, as human beings we are all born free, some more fortunate than others but all responsible of one another. When we know our responsibilities we shall really earn our right to be free.
When we look around us we realize that people are not equal, some have money, some don't, some are physically challenged, some are musically talented, and the possibilities are endless really. However, some are the stars and the envy of us all; these people are usually the "beautiful people" such as celebrities, athletes or socialites.
The problem is we never really look down, as upper middle class people we are always aspiring to be the celebrities of our own community even if that means being the popular ones in our own group of friends. We never really realize that one of the purposes of us being here on this earth is to try and achieve equality among us.
Most people don't really realize that there are people out there who don't care about fashion, dieting, play stations and all that; they sound care free right? Well they are not, they simply care more about where and when are they going to get their next meal and they probably never even heard of a game boy.
Our criteria of being satisfied has become very different, now the only thing that would satisfy us is money and we are not really to blame, most things in life now require a lot of money, even the things that shouldn't be that expensive are. So our main focus is always on gaining more, which would be fine if we didn't forget the people who can't earn more and sometimes can't earn any at all.
Since we are free then we are able to do what we want, however what we want to do is hardly to help others. We forget that we are all brothers and sisters in the eyes of God, we all have a bond that is greater than color of our skin, native tongue, religion or country of origin; that bond is our humanity. Has it ever crossed your mind that there would be less wars if all humans –who can- were to unite together and put more effort in helping those who really need that help.
That way there would be fewer resources for buying weapons, since these same resources would be buying food and medicine for the needy. Moreover, instead of being rivals people would unite over helping others and have a greater cause. This should be how we prove that we are responsible and worthy of the freedom that was given to us.
I am not saying that we should let go of everything material and live in caves, but do you really need that extra jeans, play station game, McDonald's meal, over 6 pairs of shoes (for each season), and other endless extras that we have lying down somewhere in our houses and can't even remember where they are.
Now imagine that instead of buying things that will not really make that significant change in our lives we collected that money and gave it to the needy, can you imagine how many meals, clothes, housings, medicine, and all those very necessary things that we can't live without, can this amount of money buy for these people.
Sometimes it is not only money that these people want, sometimes all they want is to be treated equally or at least in a humane manner, they know that they are less fortunate than most people and it is our responsibility to show that we are worthy of that given freedom and instead of spoiling ourselves to the max, we should always bare in mind that when the day comes we shall be asked on how we spent our lives, did we make others happy and did we help those in need or not; we all can help but we need to set our priorities straight and not let all the sparkly materials get in the way of the greater and the real cause of life, proving that we are worthy.
