I spent the morning volunteering to help wrangle little ones in our church nursery. Besides being adorably hilarious, toddlers are also a fascinating case study on the human condition. They’re raw, honest, and young enough to get away with being supremely selfish little creatures. Toddlers tend to take what they want—even if it happens to be a toy in another child’s hands. And if you don’t give them what they want, they’ll bellow loudly at the injustice of it all until you 1. successfully divert their attention onto something else, 2. grow weary of their noisemaking and give in to their demands, or 3. successfully prove to them that you can outlast their theatrics, in which case they surrender to the reality of their fate and move on to something else.
'Now I want to pause here and address the popular misconception that we should only care about things that personally affect us. It’s a stupid, shortsighted position to hold. I’m not personally affected by the fact that little girls in Afghanistan are sold as child brides to dirty old men, but that hardly means I shouldn’t care about it. I wasn’t personally sold as a slave, so does that mean I forfeit my obligation to care if humans are trafficked? Part of being decent non-narcissistic members of the human race is learning to care about things and people outside our immediate purview.'
I'm totally plagiarizing this. Once again: Well said!
Wow... Great post Kaeley - don't let up.
'Now I want to pause here and address the popular misconception that we should only care about things that personally affect us. It’s a stupid, shortsighted position to hold. I’m not personally affected by the fact that little girls in Afghanistan are sold as child brides to dirty old men, but that hardly means I shouldn’t care about it. I wasn’t personally sold as a slave, so does that mean I forfeit my obligation to care if humans are trafficked? Part of being decent non-narcissistic members of the human race is learning to care about things and people outside our immediate purview.'
I'm totally plagiarizing this. Once again: Well said!