Since it is close to the election there is a frenzy of political banter. I have friends who are passionate in both directions and I identify with certain parts of both sides. I don't really want to write about how I stand or really about politics at all.
I was thinking about all the things that have been happening recently: how the US government is being run, how the economy is collapsing, how Iceland is broke, how people are starving and why the world is not getting better.
I can't stand watching the world dissolve around me as I sit here writing a silly blog post. It makes me so sad to think that I have power to make other people's lives better and I choose not to.
Sometimes I think about what it would be like to have a world where everyone realized that the best way to be happy is to make other people happy. What if we all shared what we had? What if we cared about what happened to not just our friends but also our enemies? What if we were Christians? What if we truly followed Christ? What would that world look like? Would there be peace? Would there be love? Would there be as much suffering?
I truly believe that I have the power to change things. Whether or not that means I change the world or if I just give a little love to the people needing love. I believe everyone can change the world if they decide they want to.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love....
Split pea soup with salt lamb - Saltkjöt og baunir
11 months ago
2 comments:
"I can't stand watching the world dissolve around me as I sit here writing a silly blog post. It makes me so sad to think that I have power to make other people's lives better and I choose not to."
Why don't you just choose to do something about it?
I feel you on this. The problem is that I don't know where to begin, and it seems like all my well-meaning intentions to help even individuals improve their lives fail miserably, and leave both of us worse off than we were before. I feel helpless, and I really want to make a difference, but I guess I lack the skills and the confidence to believe that I can.
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