A dreary thought for this
Sunday:
Our renewed residence in the
old homeland has led us to unexpected turns,
Lading us with threatening
challenges against our steadfast resolve to stay the course.
Irksome obstructions that
partake of impactful results against such resolve made worse by the
multi-pronged damages they inflict
Wholesale turn of events that
make us rethink and recalibrate how we regard humanity hereabouts in general,
from the lowest rung to the highest, from relatives to simply acquaintances.
That humanity has far degraded
and with rue, we are egged to say that there is hardly anybody to be trusted or
believed in this place. At least among
those that we interact with.
That it has now been darkly transformed
to a world of self-aggrandizing actions and motives, each one greedily
jockeying up for one’s own narrow self-interests to the detriment of society at
large. A world to be shunned. Of a humanity weakened further by privation and moral neglect
A sad commentary indeed to be
published, but the repetitive incidences are so plentiful and commonplace that only
one default conclusion could ensue as a consequence.
But worse than the resultant changed
attitudes one harbors on others which are still easier to resolve by simply
staying away, are the malevolent transformation they engender in our own
selves. The utter dismay, the debilitating
frustration, the nagging sorrow, the negative judgment, the acquired disregard
for all others, the consuming ill will, etc.
that now find space to reside in one’s mind and spirit.
That is the greater loss and
challenge. For who can run away from oneself?