Our Changing Society

Life has been very busy and some of that busyness has been time spent reflecting. The world around us is changing rapidly and I know we have all heard that phrase numerous times throughout our lives, but this time it is beyond true. The changes to our society and what is considered acceptable or maybe a better word now is expected, are completely upside down. It feels like the people that have the most negative viewpoints and the most negative attributes that are brought to the table are getting to have the loudest voices and the most attention. I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't believe that is right and I will never be able to get behind that way of thinking and I will never accept that as the new norm.

Mark Manson - "Everything Is F#@%ed, A Book About Hope. Step Two: Choose Your Faith

"We all must have faith in something. Without faith, there is no hope. Non Religious people bristle at the word faith, but having faith is inevitable. Evidence and science are based on experience. Hope is based on future experience. and you must always rely on some degree of faith that something will occur again in the future. You pay your mortgage because you have faith that money is real, and credit is real, and the bank taking all your shit is real. You tell your kids to do their homework because you have faith that their education is important, that it will lead them to their becoming happier, healthier adults. You have faith that happiness exists and is possible. You have faith that living longer is worth it, so you strive to stay safe and healthy. You have faith that love matters, that your job matters, that any of this matters.

So, there is no such thing as an atheist. Well, sorta. Depends what you mean by "Atheist". My point is that we all believe. on faith, that something is important. Even if you're a nihilist, you are believing, on faith, that nothing is more important than anything else.

So in the end, it's all faith.

The important question, then, is: Faith in what? What do you choose to believe in? "

For myself I am trying to have faith that the negatives and the negativity that we are seemingly constantly living with and amongst these days, won't have the loudest voices anymore. And won't garnish the most attention. The only way this will happen is if we all try to offer something better. Something that lifts people, not holds them down. Negativity is only looking for one thing and that is power. And that power feeds negativity's narcissistic ways. I want to have the faith that we are all better than that.

Thanks for reading and as always your thoughts and comments are always welcome.