This is a post on my feelings, emotions and views towards what our society calls love. I do not mean to offend anyone with this as this is just my OWN personal view and there is no intent for harming someone. Okay let's go I'm going to be writing my thoughts...
Does anyone else feel how I do? I'm a 16 year old boy living in England and I have been raised a muslim. Personally I don't believe in my religion and don't think it is for me. Obviously I havn't mentioned any of this to my parents out of fear. But that's a different story. My problem lies with marriage as this is one of my fears being born a muslim as I know my parents will select a pool of candidates for me to meet and choose. I hate the way it's done! all of it! Why can't I go out into the world on my own and choose my own LIFE partner. I will spend the rest of MY life with a person that I want. Okay yes one of the girls from the "selection pool" may click with me and she may be my perfect match. What I'm saying is I would rather go out and date or spend time with a girlfriend and do what most others do.
My biggest problem with the world, marriage, love and religion is it's ridiculous restrictions. I didn't choose to be born. I didn't choose to be born a muslim. But as soon as I'm born, doors for my life have been closed immediately. I can't go into certain jobs, do certain things, eat certain things and maybe even love the person I want most in my life. I havn't even chosen my own views and beliefs! I find it very ironic that religion is forced onto some children because it's their parent's religion. How is it a belief anymore if that certain individual has been forced to believe since the age of 4 by attending mosque everyday after school for 2 hours until the age of 16. I only recently left. I find it so stupid that a religion can place boundaries on who to marry and love. Love is between two people. No one on the face of the planet can feel what these two people in love are feeling. There's a reason for this. That reason is because it doesn't involve YOU. Why should thee religion be able to restrict who you spend YOUR life with. I mean it might be that the person doesn't even believe in the religion like in my case.
Then you have the case of people not caring and doing what they want. This is what I want. I want to be able to choose who I want to marry and if that person may be a christian, muslim, athiest, jew, hindu, sikh then so be it. Beliefs are just things we've been told are true. We know the reality is true. It's like a post I saw on facebook. We know gay people exist yet we don't know for sure if God exists. Yet we deny gay people their rights on the off chance it may piss of God. It's like that for me. I know my love for someone will be real one day. Even if that person is "disliked" by my family, religion I don't care. In the end we have one chance to do something with our lives. I believe we shouldn't let restrictions stop us. Obviously I agree with laws and stuff but by restrictions I mean those that may not even be true or those that we do not necessarily have to follow or believe in.
Why can't we all just be born, then educated about all the different things such as race, religion and people and make our own decision. If I am ever lucky enough to be a parent I don't give a ****. I will educate my child in all the different religions and let him/her choose what HE/SHE wants to do or be. The reason why... it won't affect me A LOT. It is their life. Yes I am their parent but there's only so much you influence in their life. You have to learn to give them freedom. Let them know there is a chance to become independent and do what THEY want.
Hopefully one day I can be in a relationship that's full with love no matter who the person is at the end of the day. Christian, Hindu you name it. I think there really needs to be a change in this world. I hope you can catch my drift. Please comment if you want. Peace.
PS I realize that this whole piece is emotional. I was crying over my keyboard after I had finished typing it :(
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