What Needs to Happen For You to Start Caring
Arguably, the biggest problem of our times is that we don’t care enough. That’s why we keep failing to fix problems we technically have solutions for. How often do you have the means to help — an elderly neighbor, the climate, someone who’s been targeted with a racist joke — but, you brush it off, telling yourself that “they’ll be fine”?
I don’t blame you — I do it, too. On one level, it’s a natural self-protection mechanism. When you’re presented with too many problems that seem overwhelming, “switching off” is the easiest way to deal with emotional discomfort. But with the current state of the world, if all we do is act from a place of self-preservation, it may not end well. Martin Luther King recognized it decades ago:
“Through our scientific and technological genius, we’ve made of this world a neighborhood. And now through our moral and ethical commitment, we must make of it a brotherhood. We must all learn to live together as brothers — or we will all perish together as fools.”
We created a global village of interconnection — now, we must learn to live up to it. But how? What exactly needs to happen for people to start treating each other as brothers and sisters? If you’re someone whose heart is open to these questions, you’re in the right place. This article is an attempt to map out what exactly needs to happen in your human journey for you to start caring.
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