Hate and humanity...

Henry Rollins once told me via YouTube that I had to find my ember of rage and use it for civil good. He, like myself, believes that hate and rage can benefit humanity when used as a motivator for what you believe in.

I believe in hate and all the good that can come from it.

But in order to utilize hate for the right cause depends on a matter of perspective which I feel many people don't have for various reasons.

It comes down to a matter of people versus humans, and there's a huge difference between the two.

Being a good person doesn't necessarily mean you're a good human. The perspective of a single person has a tendency to be obtuse. We all know people who are the centre of their own universe where nothing outside their sphere of influence (or perspective) matters. They can be a good person, or a bad person. But they are usually very bad humans.

Genghis Kahn could be deemed a bad person based on his track record of violence, but take into account the fact that he was uniting people and building a society rich in culture and religion. He would stop his subjects randomly in the streets to discuss philosophy and he treated them well.

Taking into consideration his ruthless military tactics, Genghis may have been a bad person, but he was a great human because believed in a world that was bigger than himself.

A good human has a sense of community and empathy for those around him. And though they don't always make the right decisions, they learn from their mistakes.

Good humans don't live in their tiny little bubbles, oblivious to the needs and functions of the world around them; because good humans understand that their actions and their decisions affect that world outside in ways that have the potential to be uplifting and beautiful, or absolutely catastrophic.

I love good humans. But I hate people; with all their shortsightedness, ignorance, stagnation, and complete disregard for a world that's larger than themselves.

Poke your head outside your tiny little bubble and see just how insignificant you really are.