The Humanist

I aspire to be a humanist

I am not there yet.

I try to live by the axiom.

“That the world should be a better place that I have lived”

Trite it may sound,

Naive to some.

It is the best hope I have to lead me on the humanist path.

There are examples and role models of sorts

Gene Roddenberry and his world of Star Trek.

An idealistic world where humanism has come on top.

Many religions want us to believe that they are “Humanist”

But fall far short with their constricting beliefs, tribalism.

And real life practices.

To a humanist there are no borders, difference of race

They recognise that we are all the same regardless.

It is a struggle to be the true altruist a humanist must be.

Greed, Envy, Jealousy, bigotry,

All parts of self-serving nature of people.

Which work against the Humanist ideal.

Prey on those trying their best to follow this ideal.

I do not lose hope that one day it will become the norm.

The world would be a much better place for it.