Hello to everyone on Newgrounds! I have had a strange, depressing day today. And I am experiencing feelings that make me want to share important things with everyone I can.

Be kind no matter what. I know that is a rather simple statement that we have all heard since the time when we were small children, but in the simplicity is emphasis. The only way I could possibly make the message any clearer is if I screamed it directly into your ear.

Life is hard enough without hatred. There is no room for that in this world or in our hearts and minds. We cling to hate because in the short term, it makes us feel good. It makes us think that we're of better moral character than others when we may not be. It makes us believe that our differences are to be admonished. It makes us think that hurting others is justified because we don't understand them. It makes us think that treating ourselves poorly is a good thing because we are delusioned enough to believe that we are not worth other peoples time or love. It makes us think that we should not give to those who are less fortunate because we have been taught that they deserve to go to bed on an empty stomach.

Hatred over time, begins to rot the mind, the heart, and our whole world from the inside out. The world around us feeds off of our hatred in the form of the twenty-four hour news cycle, advertising, politics, the military-industrial complex, the fast food-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, and more things that I can't think of at the moment.

The good news though, is that love is a choice. You can choose to love instead of hate. All you need to do is walk away from hate. Mind you, it is not easy, but it is damn well possible. People like to say that love alone can't save lives or provide any services, but it can. Love is action for the cause of happiness.

Love is the strength to admit that you were being an asshole and apologize. Love is the celebration and admiration of our differences. Love is choosing not to fire a bullet or insult someone when you know deep down that it will not solve any of our problems. Love is choosing to drink a glass of water over a can of soda because you know that you are worth love just as others are. Love is giving that homeless guy some money so he can buy a sandwich, or giving a struggling single mother you know some help around the house. Love is listening to, and taking seriously, a mentally ill person talk about why they feel the way they do, and trying to understand them. And taking them seriously even if you don't understand them. Love is adopting an old animal from a shelter to give them unconditional warmth and comfort in their final years of life.

Not a single one of us chose to be alive. That alone is reason enough to spread only compassion and kindness for one another (that includes animals).

If you read that all, you're a real G., and I thank you.

Never-ending love and peace to you all!