Burden
Posted by Shawn Romance
As I just finished a cigarette at my work I began to realize how much I would like to make this world a little better. I have been working part-time at the Education Development Center in Newton, and the tedium that surrounds this place has caused me to ponder about our social malaise. There are many people in this world who have a much harder time surviving than I do, and yet I only think about it when I’m down on my luck. I could say that I feel these people’s pain and suffering, but the truth is that I have no idea how any other person on this planet thinks other than myself. Whenever I see a homeless person on the street (usually a man, because women have the ability to work themselves out of these situations), I usually don’t mind giving them a dollar or two because they can use it more than I can. Now you may say that this is stupid, because they will just buy booze with it. Maybe if people would help each other out every now and again we would not have to think this way.
We survived as a species by working as a team, and I’m pretty sure a lot of people have forgotten that fact. We are only animals attempting to reproduce and nothing more. There is no divine plan for our people, no matter what any quack, rapist priest will say. These divine people are in it for the money, and that is a sad state of affairs when you build up people’s faith in order to rob them of their hard earned dollar. There may be a time when I look back on this and wonder if my agnostic views have caused me any hardship; but I’m pretty sure where there’s good there must be bad. So in the meantime when you think you’re down on your luck; just remember there’s always Romance who’s shaking hands with the devil.
As I just finished a cigarette at my work I began to realize how much I would like to make this world a little better. I have been working part-time at the Education Development Center in Newton, and the tedium that surrounds this place has caused me to ponder about our social malaise. There are many people in this world who have a much harder time surviving than I do, and yet I only think about it when I’m down on my luck. I could say that I feel these people’s pain and suffering, but the truth is that I have no idea how any other person on this planet thinks other than myself. Whenever I see a homeless person on the street (usually a man, because women have the ability to work themselves out of these situations), I usually don’t mind giving them a dollar or two because they can use it more than I can. Now you may say that this is stupid, because they will just buy booze with it. Maybe if people would help each other out every now and again we would not have to think this way.
We survived as a species by working as a team, and I’m pretty sure a lot of people have forgotten that fact. We are only animals attempting to reproduce and nothing more. There is no divine plan for our people, no matter what any quack, rapist priest will say. These divine people are in it for the money, and that is a sad state of affairs when you build up people’s faith in order to rob them of their hard earned dollar. There may be a time when I look back on this and wonder if my agnostic views have caused me any hardship; but I’m pretty sure where there’s good there must be bad. So in the meantime when you think you’re down on your luck; just remember there’s always Romance who’s shaking hands with the devil.
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Thursday, April 06, 2006.
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