ignorance is bliss

ignorance is bliss [+ favourites]

just a short little thingy i wrote, couldn't really find a good board to post it on so i chose this one:

"It’s hard, you know, to think about it. To think about life, about politics, about anything that matters. It’s just easy to ignore it, to push it aside and not bother. I kind of wish I could do that. Do what the rest of the people do and just go about my life and not have an opinion. Just move with the general consensus. It seems like it’s getting harder, too. I remember when I had no problem with that, when that was all I thought about. I used to look around at everyone and just get so mad. I’d be looking at them saying to myself “why aren’t you doing something? Why are you making this so fucking hard, I HATE YOU!” But I don’t think that way anymore, now I almost feel envious. I look at those same people and think “why can’t I be that ignorant, why can’t I just stop worrying about it” I used to think that I was free from it, since I could see it and recognize it. I actually thought I was free from all of society’s injustices just because I could point them out, but now I know that I’m really just trapped. They’re the ones who’re free, because they don’t know that they’re trapped. I mean, if you can’t see outside of the cage then how would you know that you’re in one? Ignorance is bliss."

"i don't like the idea of "nothingness", it makes me anxious"

I sometimes feel that way too.

I wish I could just be a drone and not even know Im alive. But I cant.

And sometimes when I see all the BS in this world, I wish I could just block it out like the great moronic masses do, with a 30 inch plasma screen TV and the latest series of Survivor, some McDonalds and no interest in the world past my couch.

But I cant. So I try to come to terms with the way I see the world. And hope maybe that even though I know I cant drastically change the way things are in the world right now and I didn't make them like this- my awareness, my thoughts, the way I live by small example, even the way I treat those around me and possibly the way I bring my children up, will be a small push forward- and not back.

I know when everyone seems to just "exist" and not try to better themselves and the world they are living in, it makes life hard for all. It also seems like such a hard thing to imagine a world where people with a conscience dont feel "trapped."

But I know that if we all just gave in and decided to not care and not think, then we would never have loped out of the caves we once lived in.

As painful as it is sometimes, Id rather feel I was a human being that was in his own small way responsible for something positive in the world. Than one that was "blissful" yet ignorant of his surroundings, and had a negative input in his time here.

We are all in this cage together. But those of us who are aware of it and care need to act in a way that makes our time and others that much more comfortable. We can never choose our inmates. But we can act with honour and respect. It will make our stay allot more comfortable- than if we act like those with little regard to thier surroundings.

"When I was a child I flew! Then as an adult- I watched others soar."

wow. that was. idk. really smart? lol, ya, was not expecting such an awesome reply. this is why i like this place.

"i don't like the idea of "nothingness", it makes me anxious"

ChokingV, I feel your pain. The moronic masses are quite frustrating at times.

True story, I talked to this kid on the bus one day, and being in a depressed mood about the state of my life and the world, I said "we're all ****ed, and no one cares."

he responded "If we're all *****ed than it won't matter, because no one will notice"

I dont know, i know this is an old thread, but ive heard people talk of the moronic masses but maybe just because they dont care about what you care about doesnt mean that what they do care about is not important.

"I have nothing to be proud of today but hopefully tomorrow I will."

I mean what im getting at is do people just exist, i mean whos to say they arent bettering themselves in their own way and to their own abilities... does anybody agree, or can tell me why im wrong.

"I have nothing to be proud of today but hopefully tomorrow I will."