Indifference.Take politics for example. Overall, OECD countries experience turnout rates of about 70%, while in the U.S., about 60% of the voting eligible population votes during presidential election years, and about 40% votes during midterm elections. Indifference is the reason. I find it odd that our rapidly declining middle class is syill willing to allow the future of this land be determined by so few. Where has indifference led us? This cannot be embedded but take a look
Indifference. Jack Kerouac said "If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime" Make a choice. Get off your butt and make a choice. Elie Wiesel says " Indifference to me is the epitome of evil". How many evil things have been ignored due to indifference? Again - get off your butt and do something.
A good place to start may well be found in this old tune:
A good place to start may well be found in this old tune:
If there is a circumstance where indifference is the order of the day I suggest it is death. One's own death. Death is a certainty. It's gonna happen sooner or later. Stop worrying about it - get over it. Spend your time living life as fully as you can. Sure - as we get older we cannot do as much as we used to. Put me at the top of a steep hill and roll me down it and I still wouldn't do a mile in under 6 minutes like I did the last year I played football. 300-ft. home runs long ago left the building. But I do read more. I do think more. I tend to care more about substantive things. I have not become indifferent to life.
That to me is the greatest evil of all. If you are indifferent to life then quite frankly tou are breathing good air a useful human being could use. Get off your butt and do something.
That's today's quick shack-take on the weekly LBC topic.
You hit the nail on the head, Chuck. Indifference destroys our spirit.
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Indifference leaves one alone and lonely. Living that way for another twenty years sounds like hard labour. I prefer to live in the moment enjoying the stories and talents of all I meet.
ReplyDeleteIndifference to life is simply not possible. Indifference to death on the other hand is not only possible but should be mandatory. But we have exactly the opposite in human lives!
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