Broken World, Broken Heart

I don't understand. The way our world works, the way our hearts feel, the way our minds think. Why are girls so mean to one another knowing how difficult it is being a girl. We girls, we are full of many emotions. We break a little bit easier at times. We know as a girl, we worry about if our hair looks good today, if the things we have to say sounds stupid, or if our sweater looks good tucked into our jeans, yet we still are hurtful to one another. I don't understand it, but I'm guilty of it. I have been the mean girl, I have seen the mean girl, and I've been face to face with the mean girl. We have all been the mean girl at some time in our lives, and the reality is that we are selfish. We get caught up in ourselves too much we forget others feelings are just as valid as ours. I know this girl that goes to my school, and my heart breaks for her. I never typically liked her, but I don't have a problem with her. Constantly, people are tormenting her in some way. It's never a physical way, it's always verbally, which in my opinion hurts way worse. Words can be like a punch to the heart. The bruises that are left on our heart sticks around longer than bruises on our bodies. You don't have to like a person to be nice to them. In this life, not everyone is going to like you, and you won't like everyone either, but that gives us no right to be hurtful. Nowadays, all it seems like matters is being a tough person instead of being a good person. If coaches taught their athletes the game isn't just about winning, most would get so much farther in life. It's not always about how great you play or perform, but it's about where your heart is. The way you treat others shows where your heart is. You would think if someone experiences lots of heartache and sadness they would never wish that upon someone else, but that's not always the case. Usually the meanest people are the saddest. I wonder, is that why there's so much destruction in our world? Out of all the violence our country and world experiences, it begins with something small. It may start with something small such as hurtful jokes, or it may expand to something much greater involving violence. Those are just some examples, but the point I am trying to get across is that it all starts in your heart. I once heard a sermon talking about the ten commandments, and there was one detail that really stuck out to me. You may know the commandment ''You shall not kill.'' We may, and hopefully have not actually killed someone, but if you've had hate in your heart towards someone, you've committed murdered in your heart. This all leads back to where we began. Not understanding the way our world works, the way our hearts feel, and the way our minds think. The truth is, we won't always know why, because only God can. Only God fully knows and understands our hearts and how they work, ultimately because He is the creator of them. When we draw closer towards God, we see the nasty parts of our heart. It's like the closer you get to a light, the more blemishes you see. The great news is, God can do a heart transformation in us. Once we allow God to come in and change our hearts, the way we think will begin to change, and our actions will begin to change. Our hearts don't have to stay sinful. Our world doesn't have to stay the way it has become.