Change will cost the world its apathy.

How in the world are we going to make change if we're apathetic to the basic nature of our problems. I have yet to meat anyone in all my travels that I thought was morally bankrupt. I have met some very unconscious people but not a soul I have yet to meet that is intrinsically bad. So why is it so hard for people to make necessary changes in our social structure so that we can avert some of the most heinous acts that we unfurl upon ourselves as a species, ecosystem and therefore #planet. SUFFER NO MORE There are very few people I have met in my life that are OK with seeing something or someone suffering. Show people violent videos, graphic acts of cruelty and even the most staunch stomachs roil in disgust. Yet strangely we are OK with it being swept under the rug while we're standing on it. In the same way that our current waste-management hides our mass #consumerist folly. Or how we are all for #animalrights but still consume meat and dairy from the #industrialagriculture complex. Or how we're all against #worldhunger but we're still above helping those in our own downtrodden backyards. Or how we all want to be #healthy but want 'super-foods' flown from the 4 corners of the globe to make it easier n' faster at the price of #ecology and the species (including us) that rely on her precariously balanced systems and meticulous checks and balances. We allow #suffering all over our world because of #apathy and #pricetag, because of #laziness and #impatience. However, I'll be the first to tell you that I am #eco-friendly, kind, informed,#healthy, and empathetic. But I must ask myself now if I am a hypocrite because I see my actions not being as 'pure' as I sometimes profess them to be. I see the ripples of my actions(or inactions) and yet because I feel helpless in the larger picture i often play it off as being trapped into consumerism, weak financially or scared of change. Being confused and inundated with moral dilemmas shouldn't dissuade you from confronting and changing that which makes the core of your being recoil in horror. When in our history did it become 'impractical' to have common sense? We stand at the edge of a new era, one of beautiful transformation or horrendous overthrow. Of incredible unity or deep division. We have finally reached the apex of the struggle of man vs nature and we're realizing nature cares not for us, but tolerates us (for now). The greatest part of this monumental change is seeing movements like #occupy taking shape. Feeling a collective raise in awareness to issues we all bear internally but have been too ashamed to make fuss about until now is incredible and awe-inspiring. But we must stay vigilant towards apathy, make changes to our systems based on #morals not moola. Give to those who need it, not to those who don't. Care for each-other and honor the role we all play in this #cosmicjacuzzi. The role of caretaker of the planet falls to us, as does the rearing of the #nextgeneration. We need to start taking full #responsibility for our implicit role in the present moment. We're all in this together brothers and sisters. Lets start acting like the #family we are. Your faithful brother and protector, Ben