QUESTIONS This week is a philosophical (chewy) question week.
First lets start with the fact that considering the first post that I saw from Sparks “Ohh Heck”, I almost thought there wasn’t going to be a Share Your World this week – Was definitely relieved to see that it was there just a little lower down…. Now for the bad part, the fact that it is “philosophical question” week. Ughhh I suck at philosophical questions 😩😂, but I’ll do my best and see what I an do.
So here’s the questions that Sparks has for us this week
In your opinion, what should be humanity’s goal?
This is a tricky one. I can’t really think of what humanity’s goal should be and not really good and coming up with answers to stuff like this. I think a common one might be something along the lines of “Can’t We all Just Get Along”. I think a better one would be to be able to respect one another differences and all. We don’t all have to get long and all be friends and everything but we can respect each other’s lifestyles, choices, etc… and each other’s opinions, etc – including political religious. It doesn’t mean we all got to be all buddy buddy friend friend spending all this time together if we don’t want to it just means we respect each other and agree to disagree without it being a huge ordeal or thought of as one person hating the other or being against that person (or their group) just because they don’t see eye to eye…. But I digress, on to the next question
Are you hesitant to speak your opinions?
Both Yes, and No. In many ways, the older I get the more opinionated I’ve become and to the less I’ve come to give a shit what others think. But then I’ve spent so much of my life (including now) feeling like my opinions don’t mean shit and that I should just shut up and quit going on and on or talking so much, that I often find myself not expressing my opinions because in the end no one really gives a shit about what I think even when they ask (or pretend to ask).
In what ways has society changed during your lifetime? What do you think caused these changes?
Probably the most noticeable thing is that people just don’t have time for others anymore. Anymore (even well before Covid), even on evenings and weekdays you can go outside for a walk or whatever and not hardly see a single soul (even when the weather is nice). When I was growing up we had kids playing outside, even in the streets (and before you start gasping and all, the streets in question were residential neighborhood streets w/ hardly any traffic and everyone was watching out for cars, plus the older kids looking out over the younger ones, etc and so forth). Even the adults were outside, sitting in chairs or on porch steps, or doing yard work…. You just don’t see that kinda stuff anymore not like you use to
Also, no one seems to give a shit about the other guy. Customer Service has definitely taken a nosedive. Now when I go to the store I feel like I’m the inconvenience for daring to need assistance with something. Just trying to get help is a major chore in itself. Even if you happen to see a store worker in the area there usually moving so fast that you can’t catch up to get their attention, and if you yell out to them they look at you like “what’s your problem”…and that’s if there’s anyone around and you don’t have to walk halfway, or more, across the store to find someone or stand in line just to ask for help to reach something.
If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend?
It depends on the day and my mood. There are times that I’m pretty sure even I would’t want to be friends with me…. Those are the days that I would just as soon be left alone and not do anything or talk to anyone. For the most part I like to think I’m a good person… but then (looks up to remind self) this question is asking based on how I speak to myself…. Given that, probably not very long. I tend to be very hard on myself and am constantly doubting myself and my abilities. Growing up, I never really felt like I measured up….never got the feeling that anyone was ever proud of anything I did, it was always a ‘that’s nice try to do better’ type of thing. Even now it’s as if the thing I do are just expected and no one thinks to say thanks or show any type of appreciation. No one in my life seems to care about how I feel or what I’ve got going on…just so long as I take care of the things they need/want done.
GRATITUDE SECTION (as always, optional)
Not really feeling very “gratitude-y” this week… or at least not the past few days…well outside of the stuff that I think I mentioned last week – which was my new volunteer position (fingers crossed it continues) and perhaps finally getting through my AAS degree (at least I think mentioned that one as well). I, of course, always have a feeling of gratitude & appreciation towards First Responders (police, fire, EMS), Emergency Dispatch Operators (technically that might be under First Responders), and Military Personnel/Veterans. That never changes – I just can’t think of anything special for this week.
Jottings and Writings 