"Y’know... Just because we keep hearing about tragic things doesn’t make those things any less tragic."

Huh...

It’s odd, isn’t it?

People don’t cry when they hear about shootings anymore.

People aren’t horrified by wars.

Awareness has spread.

The reaction has, paradoxically, shrunk.

“Oh, four killed in a crash?”

“Sounds like any other day that ends in a 'y.'”

...

She’s on a date with you because her friend said you were nice.

Don’t prove her wrong.

Artist (shower ‘em with praise):

Tamitami

By the way, the template I’m using for personalities was “borrowed” from flapflapflapper (I’m hoping they’re okay with this). I wrote the personality, of course, but the template is theirs.

“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.”

“The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference.”

“The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference.”

“And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.”

-Elie Wiesel, a writer, humanitarian, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Holocaust survivor.

Bit different from the last one.

There’s a reason.

I felt I had to spread my opinion in some way.

Stuff has changed, the news hasn’t been great.

Things are a bit sucky.

And we’ve grown numb.

Dangerously so.

It bothers me quite a bit.

Apathy is one of the ultimate enemies of humanity.

Now that everybody’s hearing about atrocities, the reaction has shrunk.

Hopelessness and injustice festers when people do not care.

Humanity is not meaningless.

Suffering is inevitable.

It is in the hands of every person that has ever lived to decide how they respond to suffering.

Viktor Frankl spoke of his experiences during the Holocaust as a Jew.

He had spent nearly three years in camps.

Auschwitz and Dachau were two of the four camps he was sent to.

He spoke about the apathy of the prisoner.

They stop caring at some point about ideals and values.

They care about food and survival.

They care about keeping themselves and their friends alive.

He also spoke about the rare exceptions.

The people who held onto their values and beliefs.

The people who gave away their bread to others when they were starving.

Those who offered words of encouragement in suffering.

Do not ignore your suffering, for that would be stupid.

Do not suffer unnecessarily, for that would be stupid also.

Suffer when you must, and remember that you decide how you respond.

Read “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor Frankl.

He’ll explain it better than I ever could.