To be or not to be? A question posed in Shakespeare’s Hamlet.
What does it mean to be? If you are to be you are present and occupy a single position in space and time. Furthermore, what are we to be? Human is the only answer.

Shakespeare realized you must face this question for life or death depends on it. Nevertheless, the contemporary world is faced with an even more daunting question. For the question “to be or not to be?” seems dated in a time when modern technology allows us to be easier than ever. To be in our contemporary world is not enough. We are living in desperate times with a famine for peace.

To simply be ignores what we can become. To become is to grow or evolve. To become a more considerate, understanding, sympathetic and tolerant being.

To be or to become, that is the question.

The materialistic world revolves around being. Its substance is artificial and static. It is simple and comfortable to be. To become takes action, active imagination, spirituality, humility, strength and dedication in actively facing a lifetime of change. By seeking this new question, we realize in a war torn world, in order to live, or be, we are forced to constantly become. Without becoming we shall cease to be.