Rant in F Major

Not a mental health post, just a rant for a change.

I find myself seemingly in constant despair at the shambles of a world we live in. We lie to ourselves about how good things are when the world collapses around us.

We tell ourselves we've never had it so good as we turn our homes into hotel rooms and invite strangers in for an extra buck.

We tell ourselves things are getting better as we turn our cars into taxis to get some extra cash.

We delude ourselves into thinking we make a difference by changing a profile picture on a social media platform, or by signing a petition that will be read once then ignored.

We don't read up on the events that are happening around us. We let someone else do a biased job of it for us and form our half-arsed opinions based on that, then we wonder "why did Brexit happen? How did Trump win?"

We continue to sell our souls in pursuit of some vague idea of something that resembles our idea of happiness rather than making our own happiness, and have become so selfish as a society that we promote people who disregard the happiness and wellbeing of others unless it suits their agenda or puts money in their pockets.

Bill Hicks once said it's just a ride. We have forgotten that it's all just a ride. And we have forgotten that we have the power to change it any time we want. "It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love."

Hopefully once we are free from the vice grip of the selfish generation who hold the cards at the moment we will wake up and make that choice.

Hopefully we'll reject fear and choose love.