Friday, September 13, 2013
My Happy Bubble
I find it very difficult to stay positive through out the day. I watch the news in the morning, a lighthearted show called the "Today Show". It's not CNN, or BBC World news. My mind isn't blown by stock market facts or intense conversation about the war on terror.
It's simple.... it covers our area, and goes after easy to understand topics.
Simple local news can be bad news... the things that people are capable of... humans... are vile. There was a man that starved his 3 year old daughter in Pennsylvania. They found her dead in her room where she was locked away. Nothing but a curtain to cover her little window. The kicker of all of this is that this little girl had a grandmother that appeared on TV and said that she never saw the little girl. Maybe twice a year. What the hell is wrong with people. My mom immediately was like, "If you starved your kids I would do something about it, that woman must have known there was something wrong" Yes, I'm sure she did, and she did nothing... like so many humans... it's a human trait to sit back and do nothing.
A woman can be screaming for her life getting the shit beat of her by an asshole and people will hide from it. The only time people do anything is if you scream "fire". What does that tell you... what it tells me is that humans are selfish. They will only act to something if it impacts them.
Meanwhile, horses have been known to jump in the path of a cougar to save their owner. Dogs have been known to attack things much larger then themselves to save a human. Cats... well, they will break your computer and never say sorry, pee on your favorite sitting spot, and bring you dead rodents that are half eaten.... They are horrible creatures too.
I am very bothered by this man that could allow this child to starve. People do it all the time... starve their animals, themselves, food is a luxury it seems in today's society. It's abundant, it's cheap, and yet this man couldn't throw a $1 cheeseburger at his kid once in a while? It's not like it's not affordable to feed a child. People starve their animals... leave them in cages and let them rot... just let them out of the house and they would be better off.
I have no solution to all of this... I don't know how I can comfort myself from this terrible information. I can't avoid it yet I must do something.... maybe write a blog about it and beg people to be more aware. If you see something suspicious about a neighbor just call the cops to investigate it. Be more nosey, be more present, be there for your neighbors, look out for the children, take care of animals, and if you see trash on the street, pick it up and throw it away.
My Orchestra teacher had a saying, a quote written on paper that was above the black board, the chairs all faced his podium, and everyday before we played together in the orchestra he would smile, point his baton at the saying and say "Practice Random Acts of Kindness and senseless acts of beauty" Something about that always stuck with me as we played classical music. It was healing... in such an angry environment of teenage hood. It's a great saying that I think more people should follow.
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