So, when I make my rare forays into the news world, I'm bombarded by stories of people being ugly to each other. Innocent children being hurt by the ones they're supposed to trust. Corruption. Murder. Lying. Stealing. Infedelity.
All these things seem so prevalent, that they're almost normal. And it makes me wonder; does anyone care about values anymore? Or am I so out of step with time that I'll always despise humanity?
I find certain things to be incredibly important. More important than money, or power, or stuff.
Honor. Integrity. Honesty. Compassion. Acceptance. Faithfulness and loyalty. Denying our baser natures, rising above our wants and selfish desires, and being better than the world says we should be. I believe that being human means denying the animal inside and rising above it, but that takes work, a lot of it, and all I see around me is laziness.
I realize that my values belong to an older time, a dead time. But I can't just turn my back on what I believe in.
So, maybe that means everyone else is sane, and I'm the crazy one....
All these things seem so prevalent, that they're almost normal. And it makes me wonder; does anyone care about values anymore? Or am I so out of step with time that I'll always despise humanity?
I find certain things to be incredibly important. More important than money, or power, or stuff.
Honor. Integrity. Honesty. Compassion. Acceptance. Faithfulness and loyalty. Denying our baser natures, rising above our wants and selfish desires, and being better than the world says we should be. I believe that being human means denying the animal inside and rising above it, but that takes work, a lot of it, and all I see around me is laziness.
I realize that my values belong to an older time, a dead time. But I can't just turn my back on what I believe in.
So, maybe that means everyone else is sane, and I'm the crazy one....