Hello apes!
Today I've been thinking about the things I don't like and the things I do like, and trying to keep the scales of my world tipped to the positive side.
The world is an awful place. Actually, the world is a great place, but human society is an awful place in many ways.
We want to fix the world we live in, but we do so too often by being against something we see as an injustice and it can consume our souls and rot us from the inside out. That's a case of good intentions gone bad.
Everyone knows the world is full of bad and wrong. We each do not possess some secret knowledge of this that we must spread with maniacal fervor. Bad people and wrongdoings are many and we ALL deal with it every day, but it could be better to be in support of the good more than to be against the bad. This is not to say we shouldn't spread awareness of the bad, but it can ruin our lives and happiness and it should be balanced with AT LEAST a 2:1 ratio of positive to negative. Our perpetual efforts to fix the world through being against
injustice does not spread positivity but can actually propogate more dismay. Wrongs should be righted, but mounds of right should pile high for all to see. Should the beacon of hope we set out for our fellow humans be about all that is wrong in the world, or all that there is to embrace with joy and awe?
A fire can provide warmth and light, but an out of control fire can burn the world.
So as we gain knowledge of the ills of the world, and as we spread that awareness, we must keep our eye on the main prize- happiness. We can turn the empty pits into sludge pools of anger, or we can turn them into lifegiving ponds of beauty. It's a responsibility and something to be practiced. Spread more positive perspective than negative, and the world will eventually become a more pleasant place to live in.
As an example, we have a toxic food industry. We can scream and yell about it all we want, and nothing will change. But if we switch from being less against what is wrong to more in favor of what is right, then we can change the way things are. If you promote organic farming and food and purchase organic food, and encourage others to do the same, you will create a demand that will create a change. You can see it happening already in almost any store. Organic is growing.
That's just one example of many of how we can create greater change with positive awareness rather than negative confrontation. This is not to say that we shouldn't be against the wrong, but we should be more in favor of what can be right. I can offer a middle finger as good as the next guy, but more often I try to offer a double thumbs up.
"Be careful when you fight monsters, lest you become one." -Friedrich Nietzsche
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