May 3, 2008...12:33 am
Compassion… does it really exist?
I would like to say no. Compassion is just a “feeling” created to satisfy our need to become one with the herd. I know. I sound awful and very cynical and if you let me get to my point, you’ll see that I am a hypocrite.
People who support a child in a third world country only do this to ease their guilty mind. It’s the same with doctors without borders, they do not travel to the third world countries to help, they only do this to make
themselves feel better because they know that if they want to they can hop on a plane back home and live happily ever after. (Wow, that was a long sentence)
Yes, to the hypocrite part; I support a child in Cape Verde, and I guess my arguments apply to me too. I saw a commercial on TV showing how poor and how hard i was for young children in a third world country to afford education etc. so I started to support this young boy in Cape Verde and there for gave his family money to repair their house and afford as said, education for the children. I believe this is a good thing to do, don’t get me wrong, but I did it for the wrong reasons, like everyone else. I have never (and do not expect to do so) met a person who genuinely care about helping people.
I am no better myself. I know that, I have that self-perception. It is wrong of me to mess with everybody who actually does something, even when it comes out of the wrong intentions, the help we give the less fortunate is better than no help.
1 Comment
May 5, 2008 at 11:41 am
I believe compassion exists. I use to think selfless actions (or compassion) were really just a byproduct of being selfish: ie.. if I do something nice then it makes me feel good.
But not everyone thinks the way you or I do. Mother Theresa would be on the top of my list of the most compassionate people; no plane home for her.
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