There Are Two Seas In Palestine

The following is a qoute from The Man Nobody Knows by Bruce Barton and i ask you to ponder the truth in what he has said.

There are two seas in Palestine.One is fersh and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn its banks.Trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing waters...

The River Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. Men build their houses near to it; and birds build their nests; and every kind of life is hapier because it is there.

The River Jordan flows on south to another sea.

Here no splash of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children's laughter.Travellers choose another route, unless on urgent business.The air hangs heavy above its water and neither beast, nor man, nor fowl will drink.

What makes this mighty difference in these neighbor seas? Not the River Jordan. It empties the same good water into both.Not the soil in which they lie; not the country round about.

This is the difference. The Sea of Galilee recieves but does not keep. For every drop that flows into it, another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal measure. The other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealously. It will not be tempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it gets, it keeps.

The Sea of Galilee gives and lives. This other sea gives nothing. It is named Dead.

There are two kinds of people in this world. There are two seas in Palestine.

What a beautiful and apt description of the two different ways in which we can choose to behave. We can choose to give and live...or just recieve and become like the dead sea.

It is our choice...I choose the Sea of Galilee as my ideal...And its upto you what you wish to choose...

Evil exists in the hearts of man

Sadly but it is true that Evil exists in the heart of man.
There is no evil in any animal. A tiger kills - it hunts for food. It is in its nature to do so and it is the only way it can stay alive. No animal ever attacks unless for one of the two following reasons -
1. for food
2. if it feels threatened.

They go by their primal instincts and follow the law of nature - thou shalt not attack unless it be for food or for thy or thy kinsmans life.
The human race, on the other hand has "evolved" so it can think and analyze.

Sadly, this analysis led many individuals to believe that they should get what they want simply because they exist and have been born one of the elite human race. They feel this mere existence of theirs means they have a right to whatever they want and sadly, being an "evolved" species, they have the brains and ability to take whatever they want from those weaker than them. In the jungle, buliies exist, but they do not continously torture their victims and take pleasure in it. Dunking heads in the toilets is a concept thought out by man to fulfill his huge ego and make him feel better by making others feel bad. The leader of the pack eats first and if food is scarce, some of those lower in rank may go hungry, but the alpha does not hoard the food once he is full just to fulfill his ego and call himself rich while the rest of his pack dies, which sadly, is what some "humans" take pride and pleasure in.

A very close friend of my dad did a paper on some tribals in Africa - the [sarcasm]"uncivilised barbaric"[/sarcasm] races that still exist. They never lock their doors. Everybody helps one another. They do not even have the concept of "rich" and "poor" at all. Whatever they have belongs to their community as a whole. Most of the "civilized" world looks down at them but personally i think they live a better life. Can you even imagine not locking your house if you go to the store down the street?
Also, im a young chap, not even 18 as yet, but never have i seen any animal attack unless threatened. We have a lot of stray dogs here and every year there is a case wherein atleast one child recieves a bite. People blame the dogs but its not their fault. The blasted children trouble them, pulling their tails and whatnot. People stone them and kick out at them but they run away as long as its possible. The case occurs beacuse these darn kids trouble the pups and the pups cannot run away. So the mother attacks and it gives enough warning too - growling for a long time before it even comes near.
And it is always a select group, one of whom gets the bite. The rest of us dont bother the dogs and they dont bother us. I walk by them everyday on the way to school and pass by the same pups and their mother. She used to growl at me, but now that she has seen that i do no harm, she doesnt say anything so long as i mind my own business. My younger brother and his friends play in a park adjoining the road where these pups live. They never have a problem. Their parents have told them not to bother the pups. The pups have been told not to bother the children. They coexist in harmony.

Compare this to the cases of bullying that you hear about. Street gangs who beat up children for no reason except to "be cool". In my opinion, the "uncool" nerdy idiot who is polite to his teachers and elders and people on the street and does not feel the to vandalise or destroy property and does not pick on other weaker kids simply because he is stronger is a much better person.

I am extremely sad about this, but this is what the human race is like. And if this is so, then i'd rather live with the animals in the jungle.
But there is hope yet,
if you can use the gift given to humankind - the same ability to think and analyze that has brought us to this degraded state, the there is still hope. For you can be the beginning of a new race, a new civilisation which does not tread this path. That is the best we can do. All the talk about changing the world is nothing - just talk.
Be the change. Be the new race. Try your best. Trust me - it will be enough.

In my opinion, homo sapiens can be divided into two races -
those that carry evil in their hearts
and those that are carried by the evil in their hearts

The first belong to the humane race and the second belong to the human race, and it is your choice which race you wish to belong to.