RE: There must be something wrong with me or is it the world?
November 15, 2012 at 10:10 am
(This post was last modified: November 15, 2012 at 10:13 am by Kirbmarc.)
Quote:I wish the world was not so fucked up, then I would enjoy it more.
This sentence makes me think that you don't actually hate the world, but you want to change it and you're frustrated because the world doesn't conform to your standards (correct me if I'm wrong. I'm only speculating).
If this is true, then your feelings are an understandable answer to a world that is, without doubt, far from perfect. But while the world has problems it would be intellectually dishonest to only focus on the negative aspects of humanity and forget the positive ones.
Humanity has improved a lot in the last few centuries. Slowly, but steadily, we're trying to get rid of oppression, superstitition and intellorance and to come up with better societies and moral systems.
Just think about what the Civil Rights Movement has accomplished in the USA. Sixty years ago Afro-Americans couldn't even vote in most of the southern states. Now we have a mixed-race president. You may not like Barack Obama's policies (I'm not a huge fan of some of them myself) but surely you can understand that we've done a lot of steps in the right direction.
Sure, there's still a lot of work to do. But simply saying that the world is rotten isn't going to change anything. If you wish that world weren't so bad, try to do something to change it.
There's plenty you can do. Treat people more kindly. Donate to a charity. Support laws that allow minorities to have rights. Join a support group for people in need. Everything counts.
Sure, you aren't going to solve all the problems in the world during your lifetime (then again, who can?) but at least you'll have helped people to deal with a problem, no matter how small.
Do not ask the world to change for the better. Do something good yourself.
