Everything they ever told us shakes our faith and breaks the promise.
I just don't get it.
How can people be so heartless? Intentionally inflict misery on other people? Don't get me wrong. I'm not naive. I know there's evil and wrong in the world. Without it there would be no way to gage goodness, so I suppose it has its purpose. But...when it is within your power to be kind, to do the right thing...why take the opposite road? Even if it's for a purely selfish reason, say to avoid karma, why be cruel and petty when it's so easy to be kind and...I don't know...human? There doesn't seem to be any reason to it.
I guess I'm missing something. I know that I hope that people treat me kindly. Be civil towards me. And hoping that, what kind of sense would it make to be purposely cruel? To what end? What does that gain you except a cloud of negativity surrounding you and all yours? That brings up another question.
It seems so obvious to me that everything a person does affects the universe. Think about the butterfly effect (the theory, not the movie). Why would someone want to contribute more negativity to that? Isn't it already bleak enough? Why not send out as much light as you can, at least that way you can say, 'I did what I could'. Does no one worry about final consequenes anymore?
*sigh*
I realize this all sounds like hippie white-lighter BS. But it's just the only thing that makes sense to me. Do good and good will come to you. Do bad, and it works the same way. I've seen it happen too much to think otherwise.
I'm starting to understand what a certain rock star said about hating humanity. I don't hate it. I'm just...brutally disappointed, I guess. Such are the perils of growing older and having your illusions proven false. Some people are just morally empty. There's no escaping that, other than to remove yourself from their presence. And all you can do at the end of the day is keep doing the right thing, and hoping it's remembered in the great scheme of things.
I do know this much. I don't want to be remembered as not trying. I want to be remembered for making a difference.
How can people be so heartless? Intentionally inflict misery on other people? Don't get me wrong. I'm not naive. I know there's evil and wrong in the world. Without it there would be no way to gage goodness, so I suppose it has its purpose. But...when it is within your power to be kind, to do the right thing...why take the opposite road? Even if it's for a purely selfish reason, say to avoid karma, why be cruel and petty when it's so easy to be kind and...I don't know...human? There doesn't seem to be any reason to it.
I guess I'm missing something. I know that I hope that people treat me kindly. Be civil towards me. And hoping that, what kind of sense would it make to be purposely cruel? To what end? What does that gain you except a cloud of negativity surrounding you and all yours? That brings up another question.
It seems so obvious to me that everything a person does affects the universe. Think about the butterfly effect (the theory, not the movie). Why would someone want to contribute more negativity to that? Isn't it already bleak enough? Why not send out as much light as you can, at least that way you can say, 'I did what I could'. Does no one worry about final consequenes anymore?
*sigh*
I realize this all sounds like hippie white-lighter BS. But it's just the only thing that makes sense to me. Do good and good will come to you. Do bad, and it works the same way. I've seen it happen too much to think otherwise.
I'm starting to understand what a certain rock star said about hating humanity. I don't hate it. I'm just...brutally disappointed, I guess. Such are the perils of growing older and having your illusions proven false. Some people are just morally empty. There's no escaping that, other than to remove yourself from their presence. And all you can do at the end of the day is keep doing the right thing, and hoping it's remembered in the great scheme of things.
I do know this much. I don't want to be remembered as not trying. I want to be remembered for making a difference.