I have very strong feelings surrounding the outcome of the American election. This letter is in response to the outcome, as well as other events that have occurred in the past year. I wrote it on 9 November 2016.

I have written a letter of this nature before: Open Letter To Humanity | Love Is Love. I dreaded the day I would have to write another one. Not because I do not enjoy writing, but because it saddens my heart that tragic events occurred for the letter to be written.

Dear Humanity,

"The world is uncertain and trembling.

It is such a scary time to be living in. 

A lot of change is happening: Some at a rapid pace, and some gradually; Some good, and some very, very bad.

Another evil man has risen to power.

People are killing, children are starving, and so many are homeless, dying, sick, or struggling to make it to the next day.

Bees are becoming endangered,

We have killed the Great Barrier Reef,

Innocent black men, women, and children are being attacked and tortured for protesting for their human rights in America,

Women no longer have legal say in some countries about abortion rights,

The LGBTQ community is being oppressed and attacked,

Xenophobia is rife worldwide,

Racism is evident in politics, schools, social groups, and young people,

Misandry is confused for feminism everyday,

Communities are torn apart, caught in warfare waged by religious fundamentalists,

Young women who are the future are denied the right to education,

Students' lives are in danger as they protest for free tertiary education and for the president to step down,

Syrian and Middle Eastern refugees are dying in the ocean as they try and escape their war-torn countries,

Children are being maimed by bombs,

The populations is exponentially increasing,

Natural disasters are causing further destruction and delapidation in Haiti, New Zealand, and Florida,

The Earth has reached its tipping point,

And although the effects of global warming are evident and undeniable, world leaders continue to deny its existence.

It is a lot to deal with, a lot to digest, and a lot to be in denial or depressed about. But, you cannot let it tear your mind away from one simple truth:

There is hope.

I don't know where, but there is hope.

Hope is ever present. It shatters all darkness.

Look inside yourself, and find that light inside your core. Use that light as a flame as you journey through the darkness. Together, we will find that hope, and it will shine so brightly that all evil and adversities will disappear.

Once we open our hearts, and let that light in, we will be whole, and we will all be safe. 

Can you commit to that?"

XO