May 17, 2005

  • Would you want to know the truth?

     

    Life isn’t easy on that rock (said Prometheus). 

     

    You see, the more I know, the more depressed I get.  It makes me want to close my mind, not listen to the radio, not read the news, or books…  

     

    Except that’s why I’m depressed,  exactly because other people are doing just that, not reading, not listening, not thinking.  

     

    So in order to do the thing that I believe is right, that I believe people should do, that I believe will make the world a better place (if enough of us do it), I must suffer frustration, feelings of futility, and the pain that comes from seeing evil, and recognizing the truth.  I suffer because it seems hopeless.  I suffer because the wall of self-imposed mental retardation seems impenetrable. I suffer because it doesn’t seem like there is anything I can do to change anyone, and because it seems like knowing is never enough.

     

    I can only hope that there will come a day when the action I can take becomes clear, when I can make a difference.  And if that day comes, I need to be prepared, right?  Or should I just join the other side in ignorance?

     

    I think I prefer to suffer.  But it isn’t easy.

Comments (10)

  • On the face of it, the only reasonable recourse seems to be to act in accordance with your beliefs, to better your own micro-universe.

    Much of the 'evil' we see is the result of people doing what they think will make the world 'a better place'. The road to hell and good intentions etc. I'm not a cynic, though. I recognize that our capacity for causing suffering may be surpassed only by our ability to love absolutely. We all do what we must; the chips will fall where they may. The same randomness and chaos that produces beauty also devastates and destroys.

  • I'm with you there.

  • It's only suffering if you don't talk about it. It's not enough to *know* what the latest political atrocity is, you have to *speak* about it, and *do stuff* to change it. The malaise comes from too much knowing and not enough doing.

    At least in my case.

  • Life can get you down...but you must cling to some form of hope or all will be lost

  • the more i learn and know, the dumber i realize i am.

    you may not be able to drastically change anyone, but you will always have an influence over how other feel or think about certain situations. if you want to try and change someone/something, then try. you will have an effect on someone. changing how others percieve things is never an easy thing to do.

  • Humanity we are such a cazy race, we can be soooo much more, but we take the easy way over the hard. We let our mind turn to mush and allow others to tell us how it should be, We beleave lies over truths faster than anything we beleave in. Most will not take a stand, we turn our backs to each other hopping that it will all go away, tomorrow will be a better day.........

    THE world needs a Slap in the face!!!!!!!!!!

  • Working hard to get this petition signed.... Can I ask for your help?

  • You are not alone!

  • Thanks for the fyi. I'd rather be correct. You were right. It is a letter to President bush and not a petition.

  • Keep going.

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