Thursday, March 10, 2005

Felt like a change...

So I decided that since I haven't updated this thing in a long long while...I thought I might give it a shot anyway. I have like 30 billion other journals too, but this one is by far one of my favorites. Life with me has been going ok. There are a lot of poeple that used to be in my life that aren't anymore....that I miss, A LOT! I wish that things never changed, and life was always how it was when everything was ok. Everything made sense, I knew what I was doing, where I was going, what I wanted. Now I'm lucky if I get out of bed in the morning and know what day it is. I'm not kidding either. Somedays, life just makes no sense at all. But I keep on plugging away. Today I realized that the majority of people on this planet, are selfish and care only about themselves. I mean not all people are this way, but a lot of them are. There is a girl in my sociology class who is ridiculous. We were given this assignment today that went something like this: 50 rich people are on a boat that can hold 60 when they come along 100 poor swimmers in the middle of the ocean. What would you do? 1. Pull everyone on board causing your boat to capsize 2. Pick 10 people to fill the boats capacity. What 10 people, and how would you decide who got to come one board? and 3. Ignore them and float on your merry way in comfort, safety, and security. So this girl says, "I say #3, I'd jsut float by, I don't want to risk my life to help out 10 people. I'd let them die." Then when we all look at her like we can't believe what just came out of her mouth, she begins to explain that "these people could be diseased, crazy, murderers, we dont' know what's wrong with them...why risk our lives to save theirs?" I looked at her and said "I would choose #2 because I have a conscience and would rather try to save 10 people instead of just simply letting 100 people die. It's simply the right thing to do." Anyway, after arguing about it for a while, we decided to go with number two, but I couldn't figure out how someone could be so selfish and not even think to help somone in need. The more I think about it, the more I realize that a lot of the people around me think that way. It saddens my heart to think about it. Anyway, now that I've ranted about all of this, it's time to go....lata!!!