understanding people

sometimes i just can't understand people. it seems like it should be easy, after all we are all the same species and everything. but at times i feel so separated from my own species, that it doesn't even seem like we're alike in any matter.
it's the whole thing about personality and having like, a heart. not just heart, but having a heart. it sounds complicating...and it is. but in a way, it's not. people don't have to be mean. people don't have to make other people's lives miserable. Now, that's a bit of a stretch. Most people don't strive to make people's whole lives miserable. But even the people who do one mean thing a day. Like, calling another girl ugly when she's standing right there. I think if people just took a step back and realized that it's not that hard to just take a deep breath and not say anything mean for the whole day (i know, what a difficult task!), we would have such a better world. It's not just about wishing for world peace, and thinking when wars end the world is suddenly a much happier place. it's kind of like wishing you were thinner. you can wish and all...but you have to do something about it (i speak from the utmost experience). you can't just look into the future and say, this is what's going to happen when i'm thinner, this is what i'll look like, and all that. we can't just say, this is what the world is going to look like when world peace happens. i learned the hard way that life isn't just about saying "it's going to happen" without doing anything. i've been picturing myself thinner and happier than i am since i was about 12. i'd say to myself, this is what i'll look like, and this is what i'll wear. but yet, i would make excuses and stuff for not eating right and all that. i'll do it tomorrow, my head hurts today...and obviously i didn't do it "tomorrow". there was always a tomorrow. and now i say "was" and "did", because recently i had a slight revaltion. i've had my share of those, that usually didn't last too long. but this one...i think it might just work. i realized that in order to be happier and look better, i would have to, in a way, suck it up, deal with it, and just...do it. go for it. push past the excuses and stuff and just do it. it's hard...but i'm trying. i can't explain why, but i think it might work this time. it's going to be a LONG and rigorous process, but it's going to happen. and it's happening now.
but to get back to what i was saying, i think the world needs to follow through with that process. we can't make exuses, can't say, "i'll do it tomorrow". we have to just suck it up and deal with the change. yeah, it's going to be hard...but personally i think if we found some sort of plan to get everyone together (not like kumbaya or something stupid like that) and just be nicer as a nation and have an overall wellness, we can become stronger. it's not about having the most guns or the highest power to be a strong nation, IMO. i think it's about being unified...and just having a good heart. not like one person, but everyone. everyone should just...be nicer. it's that simple. don't make fun of someone because you think it will make you feel better, or even because you can't stand them. suck your nasty comment in, and deal with being a good person. its that simple. it's not like, try to be nice, or let's be nice...it's like, deal with it, suck it up, do it. be nice. you don't have to be frickin' mother teresa. a little kindness goes a long way. it's the cold, hard truth.