everything matters
I’ve seen several varieties of this sort of thing get passed around via email, but mercuryblue‘s recent essay at slacktiverse does a really good job of covering how political considerations are inextricably woven into every personal decision we make. Every choice we make (or don’t make) has an effect on the larger world, no matter how seemingly insigificant.
It’s pretty overwhelming, which is why so many people simply don’t think about it. Sometimes I wish I could get into the mindset of that sort of person – I imagine that kind of life would be a lot less stressful. As it is, those of us who try to think about those things and try to generally do right by the universe end up making compromises constantly because doing the right thing is often beyond our limited means. Other times, we give into the ease of cultural retail convenience, because it’s easier, then we feel guilty about it.
Still, we do what we can, and focus on that little bit of good we just did, and try not to think about how all the other things we did this morning offset it. That’s how we get through the day.
Maybe today we’ll break even on the cosmic scale. Maybe that’s the best we can hope for.
