Friday, July 22, 2011

I won the lottery

No, I'm not going to be rich. But it feels like I have won the lottery in that I've been born in a country where luxury is the norm and most people dream of even the lower class life style in this country. But while we all may say this with pride, we either don't truly keep this in mind or we are immoral. To have power is to have responsibility. It's a directly linear relationship. We should be helping our impoverished brethren but instead we compete with each other for even more wealth. Or even worse than striving for more wealth and power, most of us become sloths and just relish our overabundance. It's shameful but no one is strong enough and also moral enough to stop us. And so we live our lives insulated from others and their cries of woe. We do not treat them as our neighbors, we barely treat them better than enemies. I won the lottery and yet I am overburdened with the task of being just. And so the thought creeps into my head that it would be better to not have power just so that I can sleep better at nights because I realize that I am not strong enough to be as just as my wealth demands and so I wish to forfeit it. I am not worthy because I am not willing.

No comments:

Post a Comment