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Je m’en fiche … French … “I don’t care.”

 

 

 

 

Well.

 

 

Caring.

 

Or maybe better said … giving a shit.

 

Or maybe even just simply not being oblivious to what is happening around you.

 

Pick any of those.

 

Life is always a balancing act of so many things your head can explode if you ever overthink them all … but … throughout it all you are walking the tightrope of ‘caring.’ As in “I care” <about whatever>.

 

 

“Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life’s a Great Balancing Act.”

Dr. Seuss

 

I scan the writings on the worldwide web <yes … it is officially world wide now> and, particularly among young people, there is a scarily flippant thought that if you don’t care you have less opportunity to be hurt.

i dont care 3i dont care 1Or to be disappointed.

 

Whew.

 

Ok.

 

I know Life doesn’t come with a ‘how to’ book of how to live Life … or even written rules on how to do things.

 

But that doesn’t mean you are absolved from doing things. And I don’t mean ‘ambition’ or ‘initiative’ or things like that.

 

I mean I believe we have certain duties in Life.

 

Now.

To be clear … I am not talking about ‘campaigning community for change’ or starting or participating in some petition … this is simply about paying attention to the shit around you.

 

This is about looking around at some of the things that may not be directly affecting you.

 

This is about things that do not directly affect you … but they matter.

 

 

This is about the fact that you maybe … just maybe … should care.

 

 

Oh.

And this isn’t some theoretical bullshit. Because ‘theoretically’ we should all care … but ‘realetically’ <I just made that word up> life is ultimately made up of reality and the realities of what is happening … in other words … when and where shit happens.

Therefore … the reality of it is you should care <at least to some extent> in an actionable way.

 

 

 

Not just … ‘boy … I wish I would actually do something’ way.

 

 

“Life is not theory. It is reality, with inherent duties to everything and everyone.”

Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka

 

 

It is interesting because even the theoretical takes shape in some realities in Life.

 

Oddly <as in one of those quirky pragmatic Life contradictions> … there is a i dont care but doreality relationship between caring and dreams. I imagine the link is … uh oh … risk.

 

Yup.

Risk is actually associated with caring.

 

 

Try this.

Here is a Life formula: caring is to risk as risk is to dreams <or aspirations if you want to call it that>.

 

If you care you will actually <almost forced to> take some risks in life … then you can actually be better. Better leads to getting better things. And better things are things you are actually hoping for <and they do not have to be tangible things like ‘cool shoes’ or shit like that>.

Ok.

So you may not care about that … you just don’t want to be better … or to have something better.

 

But here is the other thing.

 

outcome situationWhether you care or not … someone else does … and someone else has some dreams.

You may not give a fuck about someone else’s dreams but unfortunately … whether you like it or not … your lifeline continuously gets tangled or intertwined with pretty much everyone you have some contact with … and even some you don’t through things you have done or not done and left behind for someone to pass through.

 

Bottom line.

By you not caring about Life means … well … you will miss moments.

 

 

More importantly.

You could miss the ‘one moment.’

The one moment where you make a difference … for yourself or for someone else.

 

 

“Sometimes I wonder if life is all about one moment. Everything before and everything after is about that one moment, and we are all stuck there.”

Suzanne LaFleur

 

 

And that takes me back to duties … responsibilities in Life.

 

You have a duty to not purposefully fuck up other people’s lives.

 

Go right ahead and fuck up your own if you choose to … but you do not have a right to fuck up someone else’s.

 

Directly <as in you take action> or indirectly <as in ‘I don’t care’ and are oblivious>.

You do not have a duty in Life to care about yourself. That is a personal choice and while it seems silly to not care … personal choice is personal choice and free will is free will. Be indifferent to yourself and your Life if you want.

 

But you do have a duty to others.

 

Uhm.

If you didn’t … well … isn’t that kind of the most basic moral foundation of a civilized world?

And please … PLEASE … please don’t anyone write me that ‘the world is in chaos and we have lost our way.’

 

That’s bullshit <at least in reference to this topic>.

 

Armageddon could be upon us <it isn’t> and everyone would still have the respect and care for others muscle within them.

It is inherent within each & every one of us <with very very few exceptions>.

 

Now.

I fully understand the challenge with caring … caring takes energy.

 

It is an unfortunate thing about caring … while intangible … it has weight … it tends to drag you down … lower and lower … until that ‘one moment’ appears and it injects some helium into you and you rise again.

 

Yikes.

So what if you never get one of those ‘one moments’?-one_leaf_tree

 

Ah.

 

That is why people say I don’t care.

 

 

They worry they will never find or see one of ‘those moments.’

Or maybe it has been so long in the trench they cannot even fathom there could be a pinnacle to not only see … but climb.

 

And they float on the surface of a meaningless depthless Life.

 

And you know what?

 

If you cannot come up with any good reason to care … read this … because when I saw it … well … I imagine I can’t really think of another reason why you should look around your life … outside of what you are doing and what you think you NEED to do … and … well … read it:

 

 

“Always give a shit about people. Listen to them, understand them, help them, and cherish them. Do this because you never really know when you’re going to want someone to give a shit about you.”

Bharat Nair, Student, Aspiring Comic Book Writer, Wants to turn out as someone his Mother can be proud of.

 

 

I love it.

i dont care judy 2i dont care judy 1I love it because even if someone says they don’t care … they do.

They do in that … well … somewhere deep inside them … they want someone to give a shit about them.

 

Anyway.

 

Je m’en fiche.

“I don’t care.’

 

As adults we have a duty to care. To give a shit. Because if we don’t … well … it will all go to shit.

i dont care moments

 

Just remember.

 

 

Life has inherent duties to everything and everyone.

 

In the end the question is this:

 

What does the world want of me?

 

And the answer is inevitably:

Have the courage to care … the courage to say yes to Life.

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