We are a world full of angry, depressed people. Parents beating and torturing their children. Young boys and girls killing each other. Teachers and Priests taking advantage of their position to do awful things. It is the little failures of behaviour that lead to bigger ones. We are not content to ignore the discourtesies of others; discourtesies must be repaid in kind. If one man proclaims that God has spoken to him, another quickly proclaims that his God is false, or he's crazy. If the homeless cannot find shelter, then surely they are to blame for their condition. If the poor do not have jobs, then surely it is because they are lazy.
We are intolerant and judgemental. We abandon our old and shun the sick. We commit acts of unfaithfulness, betrayal, and depravity everyday. We drive our cars as if they were weapons. We us our family and our friends as if their love and trust were expendable and meaningless. We think of ourselves first and others second. We lie, cheat, and steal in little ways justifying it by telling ourselves that others do it, so it doesn't matter if we do it too. We know how to hurt each other and embrace the excuses necessary to justify it. We're victim and executioners both.
Each small incident of anger, bitterness, pettiness, and greed breeds others. This madness is of our own making, and yet, we are powerless against it. We refuse to acknowledge it's source. We remain bent on destroying ourselves. We have much to celebrate, but we live in fear and doubt. We are pessimistic about our own lives and the lives of our children. We trust almost no one. We are at war with ourselves and do not understand the nature of the battle being fought.
We have managed to find ways of ignoring what is troubling us.
As the old saying goes, "Out of sight, Out of mind."
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