And of course it's all their fault.
Right?
If only these people would think about others just a little bit more....
The other thing that really ticks me off is internet, or rather the way internet so conveniently exposes the flaws in other human beings and media. Internet has somehow made it easier than ever to just say whatever you want to say, promote whatever agenda you wish to promote, and tear down and attack anyone who doesn't agree with you.
Ahhh.... The joys of modern enlightenment.
Riiiiiggghhht.
Hello, my name is Self-Righteous Hypocrite. You can call me Self for short, or my close friends call me Selfish.
Our modern way of thinking is really messed up I think. We are so divided into these petty little groups all trying to control the masses with our "morally superior" way of thinking.
One group is advocating "acceptance" and if you don't accept that, then you are not really a human being, you are hateful and because you have chosen to be that way, we of course will not accept you and your beliefs, we will instead attack you and shame you until you join us. (and then you and your family will be on probation and mildly discriminated against for several generations until we are sure you think the same as us.)
One group is advocating gun control, because guns are of course evil and posses those who are around them to blindly kill each other because humans of course have no responsibility for their own actions. If we take all the guns away from the "normal" people, of course crime will stop, because all criminals will obey the laws and not buy guns on the black market and then target all the now unarmed innocents. Lets put hundreds of thousands out of jobs while we are at it, because we don't really care if the unarmed innocents have enough food to feed their families, and I guess if you want to go hunting and kill your own food, get a bow and arrow, but no wait, lets out law those while we are at it too. Does this sound like the Hunger Games to anyone else???
One group is advocating "World Peace." Wars are evil and kill people. Stop fighting wars and killing people. Peace is best! Only what happens when only one side stops fighting??? The side that obviously doesn't want peace is going to win, because they will still have the guns and bombs and chemical weapons. Brilliant. If all the responsible people stop fighting, then only the people who don't care will be in control. Yes, I see how this logic leads to world peace. More like world submission and governments that abuse the people. Because defending others is bad. Defending economies is bad. And who really cares about all the innocent people who will be oppressed if there are no wars? But yes, war is bad, we hate war. And while we are hating war with such a one minded passion, our children are killing themselves because they are relentlessly bullied at school. (Ok, this is a Japan one.)
Lets alienate people with abortion, shaming them, judging them instead of loving them. Why are the unborn children the only ones that should be loved? Why aren't we loving the mothers too?
And lets make this an issue about women's rights while we are at it. Because we should have the choice to do what we want with our own bodies, because sex is not a choice at all. But lets make it about rape and the danger to the mothers bodies. And men of course can't have opinions because they are sexist and don't understand and women who disagree are brainwashed and have no pride as women.
Nuclear power, gay marriage, religion, conservatives, liberals, conservationists, green peace, sea shepherd, race.......
I feel sick.
I get so mad. I want to rip off my "good girl" face and start flinging curse words around. (the very curse words I try so hard to get my students not to use!)
Now don't get me wrong. I understand there are legitimate issues and concerns. There are serious problems. They need to be fixed by passionate people who care.
But this is not the way. We are just turning problems into hate.
Like me on the train. I become the very thing I hate.
“When people begin to say that the material circumstances have alone created the moral circumstances, then they have prevented all possibility of serious change....And nothing will ever be reformed in this age or country unless we realize that the moral fact comes first.” - Chesterton
I believe, that we all have a choice, no matter what our circumstances are, a choice that goes beyond what happens to our bodies. We have a choice of the heart, and anyone can make this choice. (I agree there might be issues when we come to mental health, but other than that...)
This choice is between love and hate.
You can choose to accept people as they are, flaws, differences, everything. You can love them regardless of their actions or beliefs.
Or you can hate. You can blame them, judge, attack and even kill.
I can choose to love the people on the trains, forgive those who don't care about me, understand those who brush past me, and love those who get in my way.
Victims and choose to forgive those who hurt them, and continue to love strangers and believe that good exists.
Those in power can choose to love those in need.
We can choose to love the planet we live on.
Or, we can choose to hate. We can use tragedy to promote our one sided agenda. We can wound with our words, and harden our hearts so that it takes a heart attack to wake us up.
We can blame others, force them to change.
Or we can change ourselves.
Yes, I'm looking in the mirror right now.
I'm talking to me, myself and I.
Real peace begins in my heart. Real love begins in my daily life.
Everything else is just an agenda.
Father, forgive me, for I do not love as I should. Father, help heal this cholesterol of my soul.
Amen.
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