November 6, 2010
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AnEnd to Apathy
Plato said that, “The price of apathy toward public affairs is to be ruled over by evil men.”
This I have come to know as ultimate truth.
I’ve been distant for quite some time now. I have isolated myself because I feel that my personal views have become far too controversial for my friends and family to accept. I feared the reaction I might encounter should I express myself openly. Those days have passed now. I can no longer afford to let my fear paralize me. If I don’t speak up I am choosing to be part of the problem.
There was a time when I was one of the apethetic masses. I was completely self-absorped and totally disconnected from the reality outside of my own life. Sometimes I wish I had remained there because the truth of what is happening in this world today can be very depressing. It is hurtful for me to know that another of my fellow human beings could and would plot to harm me… to harm us… and yet they are out there doing just that and my denial of that fact gives them more power and opportunity.
I have great pity for those with this great evil in their hearts for it is clear to me that they have forgotten who they are and that to do harm to another is ultimately doing harm to themselves. I pray for them and send them Love and Light that they might remember their connection to The Whole before it’s too late.
Yet, I feel just as much frustration with another portion of our population. The ones who have been shown the truth and yet choose to remain blind and apathetic are as much a part of the problem as those who execute the evil in the first place. Facing these facts takes great courage. Speaking out against them takes even more. I pray that each and every human finds the courage within themselves to face the truth, speak the truth and then to stand up and fight for what is right!
“If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home from us inpeace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains set lightly upon you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”
— Samuel Adams