When I think of the inequality and unfairness in the world I feel hopeless. I feel like screaming and banging my head.
Everyone should have the same opportunities, but contrary to fairness and my naive assumptions growing up sheltered middle class, not everyone does. As an adult I can clearly see how class (and race and sex and…) affects one’s opportunities regardless of one’s dreams, passion, and work ethic. It’s maddening. It’s unfair. Because I can’t make everyone else see and fix it, it makes me want to tear my hair out.
What on earth is going to become of us? And what difference can I possibly make that will amount to anything in this vast, unfair world? The problems are enormous, and the power to fix them is being held in limbo by a powerful elite with no interest in improving things for the rest of us. Even my screaming and banging my head does nothing. It’s enough to make me curl up in silent despair and check out.
The problems of the world are heavy, and I can’t pretend to not see them. I can’t fake believing everything will be all right. I can’t claim my efforts to improve the world make a bit of difference in the grand scheme of things. I am overwhelmed and don’t know what to do.
4 responses to “A Cry For Help”
You can’t fix everything. It’s impossible. Just keep being you, keep being aware and acting on that awareness. You are making a difference. You just might never see it. But it’s there.
I just feel like I am going down with the Titanic, and all of the little things I do not only won’t make a difference, but I am going to *die* from others’ lack of action. I don’t want to die.
The Powers That Be want us all to keep feeling hopeless because we are not as big and powerful as they are. . . but we have to keep chipping away, refusing to knuckle under to what they want us to believe is “inevitable.” Progress is so slow and painful, but it’s made by lots of individuals continuing to push forward.
I haven’t been keeping up with your posts here, so I don’t know if you’ve already investigated this, but have you looked into joining up with like-minded/like-valued organizations to amplify your impact?
Also: this song sometimes helps me:
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/garthbrooks/thechange.html
Right now I don’t have the time and energy to do more than online activism, but perhaps at some point I will do that. Thank you.