Do as I Do

I remember going through that phase during and right after college, where I thought that all conversation had to be meaningful and intellectual. I would sit around with friends for hours and hours talking about politics and the wonderful aspects of socialism...and to what avail? Well, I guess I now know where I stand on most issues (we covered a lot of ground in six years), but the only real thing to come of it was my complete lack of interest regarding anything having to do with the society, which surrounds me. Do I really want to sit around for hours trying to figure out why this group is a certain way and how, as a community, we can "fix them"? No way. I guess I've just come to believe that all we can do, "as a community (insert moviephone voice)" to help along some kind of rehabilitation is to follow the old proverb of "love thy neighbor". Am I still going to be crapped on by society? Yes. Absolutely. But, the way I see it, people change when they want to. You cannot persuade anyone to change their core beliefs through some sort of diplomacy or policy - please. People are and always have been led by example. It's like guiding a child - if they grow up thinking it's okay to run around naked, they'll continue to do so well into adulthood...wait...I guess they're called nudists. Hmmm...well, you get my point, I hope.