Who’s right? Me. You. Is anyone? As each and everyone of us walks through life our experiences shape us into who we are. As a whole, we’ve been shaped into something that isn’t easily explained, but all of us are looking for an explanation of some sort some way to make sense of all this, some way to deal with and escape this hell called life.

Great scholars, artists, leaders, scientists and even prophets, have all come forward with solutions. Which is right? That seems to be the great question. Well, the answer is none are right. The solutions given to us by the great minds are correct and incorrect at the same time. I could sit back and explain my outlook, perceptions and proposed solution, and given enough time, I could prove my stance is the right one, but is it? Anything can be proven, and anything can be disproved, but what draws a person into a frame of mind isn’t the facts, but the emotion that pulls them there. I don’t know if how I live is the right way to live. All I do know is, for me personally, the road I have decided to walk down, the lifestyle I’ve chosen to live, is the only one that works for me. It has pushed me in a direction that allows me to go up and not down.

Since I’ve discovered the beliefs I am studying and incorporating into my life, I’ve become a stronger person a more positive, productive, and responsible person. I still have a long, long way to go, but I’m on my way, and it feels good and right. Now, when Judgment Day comes and I stand before my, and all our Maker, and He looks down at me and says, Jonathan, you were this close. or Jonathan, you weren’t even close, sorry. Then I’ll bow my head and accept His punishment.

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See, once again, it’s my belief that God doesn’t care what name you call him be it God, Jesus, Allah, Krishna, Buddha, etc. as long as you call on Him. The human race can only interpret and assume. We follow our hearts, and as long as our hearts lead us in a way that is positive and righteous, then we’ve accomplished God’s will. The ultimate conflict exists in the division and finger-pointing attitude that has existed within us since the beginning of time. Political parties, races, sexes, religious organizations. Everyone looks down on everyone else, and to top it off, everyone judges one another. Well, He who is without sin, cast the first stone, so everyone put down your rocks. I’m sure right now there are some out there that are stacking their arguments against me. Cool. Whatever. Get out of my face unless you’re God you’ve got no place to judge me. I’m just trying to do what I think is right, and what makes me a better person.

These days are hard. I know I’ve said it before. And deciding to change is hard and doesn’t happen overnight. My concerns stretch worldwide, but my heart lies in America. We as a people need to cease judging one another for none of us knows if we have the right answers. We only have suggestions. If a certain suggestion seems right and leads you in a positive way, follow it. James Baldwin once wrote, To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger. We are all in danger. Our minds and bodies show the scars of history, our eyes hold confusion, and our souls just try to maintain our sanity. Who’s right? Me? You? Who knows.