Today in my inbox, was a wonderfully powerful blog post by Wandering Earl. It was called, “This post is for my friends in Syria”. Basically boiled down... he was so concerned about his email and deadlines and being overwhelmed, and was near blasting someone for wanting to chat with him on facebook. But that someone was a friend in Syria who was wondering if this was going to be be his last night on earth, as he listened to bombs blasting in his city. This dose of reality wonderfully put life into perspective.
But... What IRKED me, was a commenter, who blithely judges, by saying she ‘hates’ people who complain about their mundane lives, when things like this are happening in the world. Her sanctimonious judgements put me off BIG time, where Earl’s contemplation was gentle and put things into perspective.
Who is SHE to judge what is important in someone’s life or not?
Plus... feeling compassion for others in their horrible situations is one thing. Letting it consume your life is another. That’s what would happen to me if i let it. And it has, a few times in my life, to the point of it being detrimental to my health and life. My compassion can become overwhelming. I have this problem? So what.. someone else is worrying about bombs. I have that problem? Who cares, it means nothing... someone else is enduring vast amounts of physical abuse by her husband. What right do i have to enjoy this yummy mocha when people in Africa don't even have clean water? How can i love something as trivial as art, with all that's going on in the world??
So where does all this leave you and your life? The problem with this sort of thinking, is that it can reduce your life to ziltch. Puts you in a place where you can't enjoy anything in your life. Absolutely nothing is more important the things that so many unfortunate souls have no choice but to endure. There is always someone else in a worse predicament.
So, Little Miss Judgeworth... unless you’re actually doing something about it... volunteering your time to help the less fortunate... do not judge other people and their ‘less important’ problems. In fact, don’t judge at all. You have no right. Heh. Just like i have no right to judge you, because who knows what sort of baggage you’re carrying to be so negative...
And thank you Earl... for a very well-written post.
Anyway yeah. My rant of the day.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
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