Controversial: Don't read if you can't handle other people's opinions.

I've noticed myself get upset on nearly a daily basis since I moved to Kansas. I don't know if it's from traveling a lot in my life, being in the Army, or if I was just born this way; but I can't stand racism, intolerance, and stereotypes. I very strongly believe in accepting others for who they are. Even when you don't necessarily agree with them or understand them. We are all God's children. We should be in the habit if practicing unconditional love, and not taking our love away when others aren't doing the things that please us.

I hear a lot of people from this area complain about the spanish population and use derogatory nicknames for them. I can't even begin to state my feelings about it. I honestly don't see how anyone can take such a terrible attitude towards a family who just wants to be able to work and provide for themselves. So what if you have to read a couple of labels in Spanish at the grocery store. Does that harm us in any way? I have a lot of respect for immigrants and for the sacrifices and decisions they have to make. It doesn't matter what your nationality is, or if your customs are different, just that you are a child of God, who loves all his children.

I know abortion is wrong, and I don't support it in any way. But at the same time, I am sick of people judging women for it. Maybe they are uneducated, maybe they feel like it's the only option, who knows? What I do know is that alienating women for their personal choices is no way to show them your love. Sometimes when people least deserve love is when they need it the most. And the same goes for people who are homosexual. Maybe I don't agree with it, but it's not my right to take away someone else's free will.

I realize a lot of people don't agree with me. Some people think it's their job to save the world from sin, some people were raised with intolerant ideals. Whatever the case may be, I just wish we could all learn to love each other.