Short-sightedness seems to be the national theme. That’s what happens when you go for immediate gratification. You sacrifice the long term gain. Clearly there is a shortage of good chess players in today’s political and economic scene. How did we get here? Where are we going? No one seems to know.
Everything in our society revolves around the “buck”. Nothing has greater value in our society. Money talks. Unfortunately, this may not have the fairy tale ending that so many imagine. Since when does quality of life not play a huge role in our overall happiness and sense of satisfaction?
Under our current line of thinking we only isolate ourselves more and more from the things that are important to every living being. Health is influenced by our environment. That includes both the physical and psychological. We are driven by overexposure to idiotic commentary about what we should be doing and how we should be doing it. Perhaps manners and thinking for oneself should start taking on a bigger role.
We are more interested in reality television than the reality of our own lives. We pick up on bits and pieces of information with no general theme and don’t use our ability to synthesize the information. For most people almost nothing makes sense and it doesn’t even bother them.
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us”. (Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson) We should take the time to journey inward.