Final Post: “What Kind of World Are You Building?

📣 Final Post: “What Kind of World Are You Building?”

By Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita

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To parents, grandparents, teachers, employers, CEOs, billionaires—

What kind of world are you building?

Because right now, this world?
It’s failing.
It’s failing the kids who cry for help and are told there’s a waitlist.
It’s failing the teens locked in psych wards when what they really need is love and therapy.
It’s failing the mental health workers who are so overwhelmed they’re walking away from the job—if they can afford to.

One nurse told me, “It’s really bad out there.” He took the summer off—but the bills pulled him back.
If even the helpers are drowning, how are our youth supposed to stay afloat?

Most kids can’t afford private therapy. They don’t even get a chance to speak unless they’re in crisis—or custody.
And when they finally open up? They’re met with policy, not care.

I’ve seen the scars. I’ve seen the silence. I’ve seen what happens when someone needs a lifeline and gets paperwork instead.

So let me ask you:

• What did you grow up believing about pain?
• Who listened to you when you were hurting?
• Who didn't?
• And now… who are YOU listening to?

There are people in this country sipping $300 wine, while young people sleep in shelters.
There are Whole Foods vegans posting about compassion, while immigrant women are cleaning their Airbnbs for scraps.
There are kids eating hot chips for dinner and teaching themselves how to survive abuse via TikTok.

And we wonder why no one cooks. Why no one talks. Why no one trusts.

This is not just a crisis of violence.
It’s a crisis of disconnection.
Of loneliness.
Of being unseen.

This is my love letter to humanity:

💔 Start loving each other again.
🌱 Start caring for the Earth again.
🧠 Start listening, not judging.
✊ Start fighting for a world where healing is not a luxury.

Because if we don’t—
We’ll raise a generation that doesn’t know how to love.
Or care.
Or save us.

And it won’t be their fault.

✍️ Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita
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