Faith
Faith. It's a word unspoken by many of the people considered
ingenious in their time. Most old philosophers, scientists,
and mathematicians are Empiricists. Empiricists believe
in only something they have experienced for themselves.
If they haven't had a first hand perception of something
(seen, touched, heard, felt), they have no faith in the
fact that it really exists.
I've questioned my levels of faith lately. Never my
faith in God, because even if I don't buy that whole
bible idea, I never question Him. There are no answers.
Why bother with the questions? I just decided to believe
and not ask "why" a while back. But I do find myself
asking "why" when it comes to dealing with people
on this planet with whom I share my air. (I know it's
not really "mine" to share, but it could've
been if the guy next to me wouldn't have sucked it all
up!). I find myself repeatedly disappointed by people.
Random people I've never met before in my entire life
somehow let me down on a daily basis. I know what you're
thinking: after a while I should just lower my expectations
for everyone instead of constantly setting myself up to
be disappointed. While feeling this way does tend to get
old at times, I'd rather be disappointed everyday
for the rest of my life than view people as the selfish, inconsiderate
assholes that most act like.
I hate to generalize my statement and include every human
being on earth, because I haven't met even a small percentage
of the people out there. But I bet that most people can be
categorized into 3 groups: those who are selfish, those
who are selfless, and those who just don't give a fuck
- about anything. I don't pretend to know what group
anyone belongs to. No one really knows another person well
enough to judge them like that. God takes care of all that
stuff. But I just feel as though more people should "give
a fuck" because you never know what kind of impact
your brief encounter with a stranger made. People are effected
by our actions and our opinions everyday and we should take
that into consideration before we act so selfishly, with
no regard to anyone but ourselves.
I am at no point assuming I am above or exempt from this behavior
I've described above. I am also a person who makes mistakes
everyday. I am going to make a conscious effort to be more
selfless in my decision making and my actions. Please make
the effort to do the same. Let's all live by a new, improved
social contract. We can treat people not how we want to be
treated, but as they want to be treated. It's worth
a shot!
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