To Care or Not to Care - That is the Question

How much should I care? Who or what should I care about?

There is a largely unspoken expectation that people should care for their partners,children & their own parents. That can now result in lifelong caring for others. Sometimes to the extent that ones own "life" is lost. How much is it reasonable to give up your own "life" for someone else? How long for? When do your own needs take precedence?

Then there are all the things affecting populations in the world today we should care about. War, displacement of people, poverty & deprivation of basic needs, famine...

How much should we care about endangered species, loss of wildlife, loss of habitat, man made damage due to farming methods, deforestation, pollution...? Future Human existance could be at serious risk.

Possibly over all of that there is climate change to care about.

It all seems overwhelming. So much we as individuals need to be aware of & try to do something about before it's too late. Such complex moral issues.

What we must not do is lose our moral compass. We need to listen to that inner voice of conscience & compassion. We do need to speak out & be prepared to act, whilst keeping our own sense of what is right or wrong.

Silence is not an option. Retreating into our own small lives is not an option. Things need to change. Politicians worldwide need to be forced to take action against issues which are undoubtedly difficult to navigate.

The world seems to be at a tipping point. There is a danger that individuals will feel that they have no control & so cease caring. We have to care or we lose not only our humanity but possibly bring about consequences so dire that they don't bear thinking about.