Aphelion
Tuesday, February 08, 2005
Epiphany
It's now 2:14 am on the seventh of February, 2005. Four days ago, I have completed twenty dances around our sun. Tonight, however, after talking with a friend, I have realized that the world we live in is being torn apart. I have realized, for the first time, the full degree of what is wrong with this entire planet. And I am mad.
I am mad at everything.
I am mad at our government for defiling the pure, corrupting the good, and destroying the beautiful.
I am mad at our companies, for making us so driven towards things that mean absolutely nothing, while behind our backs they lie, deceive, and feign innocence.
I am mad that the society I live in is totally blind to the pain, suffering and discontent that lie beyond our borders.
I am mad that when we do hear about the injustices beyond our land, we agree that it is terrible, yet turn around and walk away after the first fleeting moment.
I am mad that we have no regard for anything on this planet besides ourselves. We will use any means necessary to get what we crave.
I am mad that we call ourselves civilized when we act in the most barbaric manner towards our fellow man.
I am mad that people scream at the top of our lungs, "END RACISM, END SEXISM, END THE HATE" when they cannot even love themselves.
I am mad that if they do give up their hatred, they replace it with indifference which is so much crueler.
I am mad that, in a society of the educated, the informed, we, for all our knowledge, cannot see ourselves being driven blindly off the precipice.
I have been a member of an organization dedicated to changing these effects. This... AIESEC... this... Association Internationale des Estudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales. They are trying; they are trying so godamned hard, but it isn't enough. It isn't nearly enough. It is a drop of water in a desert of the necessitous.
But the world must change. This world must change.
I am going to leave this country. I am going to find a way to change this world. Be it through the Peace Corps, AIESEC or any other conduit. I must do this.
And until I abscond from this place, I will wait and hope that dreams will show the future unfolded...
I am mad at everything.
I am mad at our government for defiling the pure, corrupting the good, and destroying the beautiful.
I am mad at our companies, for making us so driven towards things that mean absolutely nothing, while behind our backs they lie, deceive, and feign innocence.
I am mad that the society I live in is totally blind to the pain, suffering and discontent that lie beyond our borders.
I am mad that when we do hear about the injustices beyond our land, we agree that it is terrible, yet turn around and walk away after the first fleeting moment.
I am mad that we have no regard for anything on this planet besides ourselves. We will use any means necessary to get what we crave.
I am mad that we call ourselves civilized when we act in the most barbaric manner towards our fellow man.
I am mad that people scream at the top of our lungs, "END RACISM, END SEXISM, END THE HATE" when they cannot even love themselves.
I am mad that if they do give up their hatred, they replace it with indifference which is so much crueler.
I am mad that, in a society of the educated, the informed, we, for all our knowledge, cannot see ourselves being driven blindly off the precipice.
I have been a member of an organization dedicated to changing these effects. This... AIESEC... this... Association Internationale des Estudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commerciales. They are trying; they are trying so godamned hard, but it isn't enough. It isn't nearly enough. It is a drop of water in a desert of the necessitous.
But the world must change. This world must change.
I am going to leave this country. I am going to find a way to change this world. Be it through the Peace Corps, AIESEC or any other conduit. I must do this.
And until I abscond from this place, I will wait and hope that dreams will show the future unfolded...
:: posted by Greg D, 2:14 AM
2 Comments:
greg,
i love hearing this kind of drive in people. its feeling things like this that is going to truely make you want to do something about it..and that, simply, is amazing. congrats for that. (you really need to switch your blog over to nomadlife!) it was good to see you again this weekend.
i love hearing this kind of drive in people. its feeling things like this that is going to truely make you want to do something about it..and that, simply, is amazing. congrats for that. (you really need to switch your blog over to nomadlife!) it was good to see you again this weekend.
That is very inspiring Stevie...
