“The world is coming to an end …
The animals are going extinct, the economy’s collapsed …
Intelligence is shunned and ignorance rewarded
The people are depressed and angry
We can’t live with each other and we can’t live with ourselves
So everyone’s medicated.

We pass each other on the streets
And if we do speak it’s meaningless robotic communication
More people want 15 seconds of fame
Than a lifetime of meaning and purpose
Because what’s popular is more important than what’s right …

Presidents lie, politicians trick us
Race is still an issue and so is religion
Your God doesn’t exist, my God does and he is All-Loving
If you disagree with me I’ll kill you …

The average person watches 5 hours of television a day
And it’s more violence on the screen than ever before
Technology has given us everything we could ever want
And at the same time stolen everything we really need …

Money is still the root of all evil
Yet we tell our kids don’t get that degree
The jobs don’t pay enough
Good deeds are only done when there’s a profit margin
Videos of the misfortunes of others go viral
We laugh and share them with our friends to laugh with us …

There are states where people can legally be discriminated against Because they were born a certain way.
Companies invest millions of dollars hiring specialists to make Little girls feel like they need “make up” to be beautiful Permanently lowering their self esteem
Because they will never be pretty enough
To meet those impossible standards …

Corporations tell us buy, buy, buy, get this, get that
You must keep up, you must fit in
This will make you happy, but it never does for long.

So what can we do in the face of all of this madness and chaos?
What is the solution? We can LOVE
Not the love you hear in your favorite song on the radio
I mean real LOVE, true LOVE, boundless LOVE
You can LOVE, LOVE each other …

Perform an act of kindness because that is contagious
We can be mindful during every interaction
Planting seeds of goodness
Showing a little more compassion than usual
We can forgive …

We have been sold lies
Brainwashed by our leaders and those we trust
To not recognize our brothers and sisters
And to exhibit anger, hatred and cruelty
But once we truly LOVE we will meet anger with sympathy
Hatred with compassion, cruelty with kindness

LOVE is the most powerful weapon on the face of the Earth …
So yes, the world IS coming to an end,
And yet the path towards a new beginning begins within you”

~ Prince Ea