Anyone who knows me knows that I ask a lot of questions. Questions about other people, questions about me, questions about life. People have this tendency to tell me their life stories, I'm not sure why, maybe its the questions, but ever since I started working at my volunteer job at DBNC I've been hearing a lot more life stories. Just unbelievable stuff that you couldn't imagine would happen in Canada or sometimes even in the whole World. This has raised some more questions inside me, which I think are a little more urgent than the regular ones. I'm not looking for answers, I guess I'm just putting them out there for everyone to think about. They aren't exactly new or creative, just some things I've been thinking about. So I guess with that having been said... here they are:
1. When so many bad things happen in the World, how is it that people are still generally happy?
2. What makes the life of someone in a developed country who is fighting a disease any more important than a person in a developing country fighting that same disease?
3. Why do we assume that Western Doctors are more highly qualified than Doctors from other parts of the World where they have to do more with less?
4. Why do people assume things at all?
5. Why would a person choose to hurt another person?
6. What is it about religion that is so explosive?
7. If people want to be tolerated why don't they tolerate others?
8. Why do some many taxi drivers have Phd.s and why are so many World leaders idiots?
9. How can someone judge someone else based on the colour of their skin?
10. With 6 billion people in the World, how did everyone become so inter-connected?
11. Why do people focus more on what divides us than what binds us?
12. How did the air conditioner on my GO bus manage to catch on fire when the air conditioner was off?
13. Can science and religion co-exist?
14. why don't more people as questions?
15. Why do people always want what they can't have?
16. How can I still have more questions?
2 comments:
Hmm...
There are many ways to look at these types of questions, which people ask themselves every day.
On a base level, we can ask ourselves why we allow for these things to happen, without fighting against them. Violence maybe hard to stop, but it is possible, depending on the person. But for many of these questions based on society's idiotic preconceptions and racist ideals, one can easily set forward motion to the elimination of these things.
In an existential viewpoint, one can see the world as an extension of one's own fears, personality, confidence, and optimism/pessimism. History is and forever will be skewed by the fact that people will always see different things when an event happens. Optimism does not make the world better, mind you, but shields its true nature. Because of this, you have to see both sides, and when faced with bad things, you must think of why they affect you, and what you can do about it.
These questions I greatly respect. They are constant vexing questions that we all ask. Most come to the conclusion that "this is the way of the world", or "I cannot do anything about it". As a dark future slowly creeps into our lives, these things become more prevalent. Therefore, not just one but all people should try to fight these injustices. Yes, I know not everyone wants to be a revolutionary, not many people have devoted their lives to any causes, and they do what they need to survive. Nevertheless, one person can make little changes in their lives that help towards bigger changes in society. If that means calling someone's shit on being racist, then do it. If that means being conscious enough to vote right, do it. You can put this social consciousness into your art, your business, even your neighborhood or apartment. Take the gift of awareness and consciousness that has been bestowed upon you, and spread it to the people who need it the most. Thank goodness we live in a society where racism and intolerance is frowned upon, so that if you publicly confront someone with poor ideals, they will be forced to conform. Perhaps there is a small chance they won't teach their kids the same.
Wow - all those questions and only one comment? I'm surprised
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