Wild Empath Chronicles – Evil
I woke up at 3:30 this morning thinking about Christ’s crucifixion.
It was the wonder of how someone even
came up with the idea of driving spikes into a person’s body to hang them on a
cross. Then I thought back to Hitler’s gas chambers, and so many other ways
evil people found ways to make people suffer. The whole concept of good and
evil was on my mind. How did leaders get underlings to do such things, how did
it be okay to have a job where you harm others. These actions were rewarded and
the work sought after. How was this even possible?
Then I thought of the good people, those that told us to
love each other, Martin Luther King who was shot, Nelson Mandela who was imprisoned,
and Christ who was crucified. People
sending the message of hope and love all killed or harmed to make them stop.
Holy men that start with the best of intentions, only to become corrupt,
harming other’s because they had power to do so.
How did we get so backwards? How did power become a weapon
to harm others? What happened to morals?
Our world is a battle ground. There are people that want to
harm others because they don’t believe in the same god, there are people that
want to harm others for the color of their skin. We blithely go on our way,
struggling to survive; working, building, raising kids and trying to do the
best we can with what we have to work with.
Good people aren’t newsworthy, so the news is full of death
and destruction. We don’t hear about those that quietly give, help and heal
others just because it’s the right thing to do. On the outside it appears that
unkindness is rampant on our planet and in some places it is. We have been
bombarded with so many hateful visuals that many think that is all there is. The attitude is one of I’m going to get them,
before they get me.
It is to a point that everything is okay, if you just take
the time to justify it. It’s okay to murder your unborn child, it’s okay to put
your parents in a home and forget about them, it’s okay to sue someone because
it’s legal, who cares who you harm doing it.
The world if full of people that only think of their personal outcome,
not a thought of how your actions trickle down to others. One unkindness
spreads like a ripple on the water. But so does one kindness.
When you walk down a street no one makes eye contact. No one
shares a smile. No one sees you. No one cares. We need to change this. When I
was young and you entered another person’s space you acknowledged them, with a
tilt of the head, a smile or a hello. Something to say, I see you.
People feel so invisible now they act out in horrific ways
to be seen. School shootings, robbery, rape, violence on every scale. People
blame parents, schools, the news, video games, everything but what it really is.
We have lost our humanity. We are robots trying to fit everything into a nice
little box. We strive to be like others because we think they are doing it “right”.
Well what if they aren’t? What if the only way to do it “right” is YOUR way.
The masses have become like lemmings. They all follow the
path of least resistance. Just like the people that killed millions in the name
of some ruler or a god. People who stop thinking for themselves are easy
targets. All you have to do is start a trend, and everyone will follow, just
like lemmings, right off the cliff.
Think for yourself!
Look at your life, are you morally happy with what you are doing, and
what you have done? Can you make it better for yourself and others? What
happens when you step away from the crowd? First you lose people you thought
were your friends, but real friendship isn’t built that way. People who love
you, will do so if you agree with everything they believe or not.
Social media has made it all about quantity, not quality. No
one looks for substance and can’t figure out where the drama is coming from.
Look deep into people, find what makes them tick, understand why they do the
things they do. Take the time. It’s important, it’s vital, it’s being human.
