June 19th, 2021: Ignorance Is Not A Bliss

 

 

Taking a walk in a park can be helpful for me when I have to think through crazy things that I have witnessed. Covid-19 might stop a lot of things, but it doesn't stop human selfishness and ignorance. It might increase it. Sometimes I want to have answers for why people do what they do. However, the answers might be just too much to ask.


Why can people be so inconsiderate to their neighbors while knowing very well that many have to work from home? A friend of mine lives in the inner city and has to be content with loud music all day long. It is not that the neighbor doesn't know he plays his music beyond his need for decibels. He is just ignorant and unkind to those who need quietness to work.


Why can people be so unkind by not putting shopping carts back to where they belong? These carts can move on a windy day and damage other cars around them. Stores provide them for shoppers' comfort. We decide to use what brings comfort to us to create discomfort in others. That is selfish.


Why some bicyclists act as if they own the road and don't have to observe any traffic laws by going through red lights and STOP signs? These folks ride on the sidewalks reserved for pedestrians. They don't get off their bike when they go across a pedestrian bridge. They are upset when they are almost hit by a car because they fail to stop. They even dare to give a finger when that happens.


Why am I sharing this with you? Can it be true that we have become less kind as a society? Can it be true that we have become a society of entitled people? Can it be true that victimized mentality has taken away the courage to be considerate and responsible?


Suffering will continue as we disrespect ourselves and show disregard for others.


Ephesians 4: 18

"They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts."


Proverbs 22: 3

"The prudent see danger and take refuge,

 but the simple keep going and pay the penalty."

 

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