nadareal3

The Price We Pay

Posted on 06/30/08, 03:56 am

Being idealistic has, for me, not been without a price tag. To be honest, I think that mindset has contributed to my depression significantly. I'd like to see a world in which people are more important than products and profits. All too often, the reverse is true. That depresses me. I'd like to see a world in which all people have health care provided free of cost. The reverse is true. That depresses me. I'd like to see mankind not engage in war. I realize that will never happen, in all likelyhood. That depresses me. For some reason I don't quite understand, I remain idealistic, despite all the feedback in the "real world" that says, "ahhh give it up. You can't fight the whole world." Remaining idealistic sometimes makes me feel isolated, and feeling like a fool. That depresses me. What are your thoughts? Do you identify with any of this?

• Reply #1 06/30/08  8:55am
  
  saltydoc
  Nad.. I agree with you, and think that most of the people of the world feel the same way.. I feel lost on this spinning rock.. most of the time I feel hopeless because it seems like everything around us is controlled by only a few people who don't share the same vision.. all of the goodness is replaced by greed and power.. love is not something we should fight to have or to hold.. depression is a safe place to be sometimes..
• Reply #2 07/05/08  12:17am
  
  kaywifh
  do identify with any of this? I could have written the paragraph verbatum. why is it so difficult to connect or meet like minded people .. are we really that much of a minority. it seems that i was the only person striving to evolve and and contribute ot awareness and social conscienceness and responsibilty.. depression made me so aware of how idealistic and obviously foolish i was. how can having all these good goals and intentions not be a good thing? i'm baffled and feel myself drowning even further into despair as before i thought everyone was like me and now i know they weren't and would never be.. where does one go from this point, how can one accept and live in this world where no matter how much you forge on .. you can't make a dent.. i know it takes one voice, one person, that used to be me, but i thought other voices would join, other people would fight on, i didn't know that this was a foolish idealistic thought, that there were far more people out there settling rather than risk change.. arrrghhhh just makes me feel even more isolated and moronic
• Reply #3 08/21/08  8:18pm
  
  kjl1951
  WHEN I WAS WORKING IN A RETAIL STORE, FRANKS NURSERY AND CRAFTS, I GOT INTO TROUBLE WITH A DISTRICT MANAGER BECAUSE WE GOT IN ALL THIS RIBBON YELLOW, RED WHITE AND BLUE. THE DM. SAID FRANKS WAS BEING PATRIOTIC . I SAID NO WAY THEY WERE TRYING TO CASH IN ON THE WAR. SINCE WE WEREN'T GIVING THE RIBBON AWAY, IN FACT THEY RAISED THE PRICES ON IT. THE DM. TOLD ME I SHOULDN'T BE IN RETAIL. IDEALS AND RETAIL DIDN'T MESS WELL. I WAS THE CRAFT MANAGER THEREFOR 15 YRS UNTIL THAT STRORE CLOSED
  
  IT IS SO TRUE YOU SEE SO MUCH YOU WANT TO CHANGE AND YOU DO WHAT YOU CAN BUT,,,,,
• Reply #4 09/24/08  10:12pm
  
  mwolf
  I do and like you...I would love to be idealistic about it. However, peace and freedom will never coexist. Sad but true. When you have freedome there is someone always wanting to take it away from you and you regretably have to defend it. Hugs and love to you Nad. Michele.

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