Apathy

"We are storytellers. We are visionaries, humanitarians, artists, and entrepreneurs. We are individuals part of a generation eager for change and willing to pursue it."- Invisible Children

Be willing to make a difference. To move for something that matters. How often do we feel like we're part of something important? How frequently do you hear the complaints of friends that so-and-so is fake? Bored and with nothing to do we sit down and watch television--an activity less stimulating than sleeping. With nothing to do, you grab the remote and click over to SpongeBob.

Nothing to do. I am so sick of hearing people complain that they have nothing to do. We live in a whirlwind of ipods and computer chips, instant, meaningless entertainment at our fingertips every second of the day. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of people are dying every day in other regions of the world due to warfare. But we're too busy watching a fucking sponge to notice.

We live wrapped up in petty dramas, delighting in gossip but refusing to talk about critical issues. Our news stations care more about Britney Spears shaving her head than genocide in Africa. If Paris Hilton puts out a sex tape millions of web users have seen at least a portion of it within a couple days. But who gives a damn that in Northern Uganda thousands of little girls have been kidnapped from their families and forced to be sexual slaves to brutal men, to an entire rebel army. Raped and damaged to the point that they can no longer control their bowels.

Our nation was in an uproar because 3,000 people lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. 10,000 people die EVERY DAY in Africa, but we do nothing. Wouldn't it be wonderful if ours could be a generation that cared. I challenge you to take some time to step outside of your American Dream and look at the world. Take the initiative to do something. Because that's the reality of the matter: we can do something. We have the amazing opportunity to actually influence our policy makers, yet we seldom take advantage of our right to do so.

Gandhi said we must be the change we want to see in the world. We have to want it. Desire peace, desire justice, desire an end to poverty, and demand a global effort to make the change you desire. I'm saving the world. I challenge you to join me.


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Wesley.