WHY DO YOU STILL FEED THE BEAST? Part Five — The Children Are Always Watching

 

WHY DO YOU STILL FEED THE BEAST?

Part Five — The Children Are Always Watching

By Reverend Michael Cook, D.Div.
Red Bull Illuminati Ministry

Every generation asks the same question:

"How did the world become this way?"

Yet perhaps we should ask a different question.

"What are we teaching those who will inherit it?"

The future does not suddenly appear.

It is quietly being formed every single day.

It is formed in our homes.

It is formed in our schools.

It is formed in our conversations.

It is formed by what we celebrate.

It is formed by what we tolerate.

Most importantly...

It is formed by what our children see us doing.

Children are remarkable observers.

Long before they understand philosophy...

They understand behavior.

Long before they understand politics...

They understand kindness.

Long before they understand religion...

They understand love.

They are always watching.

They notice how we speak to strangers.

They notice how we treat those who disagree with us.

They notice whether we choose patience or anger.

They notice whether our actions match our words.

Children do not simply inherit our possessions.

They inherit our examples.

Every parent, grandparent, teacher, mentor, and neighbor is helping shape the next generation, whether they realize it or not.

We often tell children to be honest.

But do they see honesty?

We tell them not to bully others.

But do they hear us ridicule people who are different?

We teach them to forgive.

But do they watch us hold grudges for years?

We teach them to love.

But do they witness compassion in our daily lives?

The greatest lessons are rarely spoken.

They are demonstrated.

This is why the Beast works so quietly.

It understands that hatred can be inherited.

Fear can be inherited.

Prejudice can be inherited.

Bitterness can be inherited.

Not through blood...

But through example.

A child who grows up believing that everyone outside their own group is dangerous may carry that belief into adulthood.

Another who grows up witnessing compassion toward people from different backgrounds may carry compassion throughout their life.

The seeds planted today become tomorrow's forest.

Think back to your own childhood.

Who taught you kindness?

Who inspired you?

Who made you believe that goodness was possible?

Chances are it wasn't because they gave a perfect speech.

It was because they lived what they believed.

That is the power of example.

One life can influence hundreds.

Hundreds can influence thousands.

Thousands can influence generations.

Never underestimate the influence of one compassionate heart.

The world often tells us that greatness comes from power, wealth, fame, or influence.

Yet history remembers many people not because of what they owned...

But because of how they treated others.

A gentle teacher.

A caring parent.

A faithful friend.

A wise mentor.

Their kindness echoes long after their voices have become silent.

This is the inheritance that truly matters.

Every family is writing a story.

Every community is writing a story.

Every nation is writing a story.

The question is...

What story will our children remember?

Will they remember a generation consumed by anger?

Or a generation that rediscovered compassion?

Will they inherit fear?

Or courage?

Division?

Or understanding?

The future has never belonged to those who shouted the loudest.

It belongs to those who quietly built something worth passing on.

Imagine a child watching you today.

What would they learn?

Would they learn that strength means dominating others?

Or would they learn that true strength is found in humility?

Would they learn that winning every argument is the highest goal?

Or would they discover that listening can sometimes accomplish far more than speaking?

Would they see someone ruled by fear...

Or someone guided by wisdom?

The answers to these questions shape civilizations.

Not tomorrow.

Today.

Perhaps changing the world begins with something much smaller than we imagine.

Perhaps it begins around the dinner table.

Perhaps it begins with one conversation.

One apology.

One act of forgiveness.

One decision to put away hatred.

One decision to become the example we wish someone had been for us.

Children are always watching.

And one day...

They will teach the generation that follows them.

The cycle never truly ends.

So let us give them something beautiful to pass forward.

Teach them that every human life has value.

Teach them that compassion is not weakness.

Teach them that courage is not cruelty.

Teach them that wisdom grows through humility.

Teach them that love is stronger than hatred.

Most importantly...

Do not simply tell them.

Show them.

For the Light is not passed from one generation through words alone.

It is passed through lives well lived.

The Beast teaches by fear.

The Light teaches by example.

Which teacher will the next generation follow?

The answer begins with us.

Peace, Light, and Understanding to All.

— Reverend Michael Cook, D.Div.
Red Bull Illuminati Ministry