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fa·tal·ism

Nothing eats at my soul like when I hear someone say that they can't do anything about where they are in life. I understand that the world seems like a pretty tough place sometimes, but we aren't powerless to change the world. When you are down, though, effort to change things always seems worthless, and motivation is anything but easy to come by.

Sometime's it's easy to say that the world is a bad place and there is nothing we can do to change it. I've been there, Some can say that the world is so corrupt that there is nothing we can do to help it, but that isn't true at all. It is that very attitude that allows the world to become corrupt. Greed isn't human nature, it is just the nature of too many humans. If you really want to change something, start in your heart. Things are never as bad as they seem to be.

There are hundreds of stories of hope out there of one person making a difference, of groups banding together and righting wrongs. There are stories of people completely turning their own lives around and then going on to live a some what happy life. The key here is that no one is always happy. That is to say, no one with a normally functioning brain is always happy. Perhaps there are some people out there who aren't eactly pushing a full wagon and therefore might actually be happy all the time. Ignorance is bliss, but boring.

You've probably heard stories of people who were molested. These people often tend to be fatalistic until they realize that they don't have to take what is happening to them, then they change their situation. They get the help they need via hotlines, social workers, or tell the appropriate authority figure and their life changes. At some point, though, its likely they feel that there is nothing they can do.

Its never easier to be fatalistic than when times are tough. This is why the people who need change the most often won't get it for themselves. They don't think that there is any help that will work forever. Fatalistic people didn't vote in the last election because there was no use. To them, the world isn't going to change when the climate of the government changes.

And this is why it hurts my heart, and stings my soul. I know what it feels like to be hopeless and I don't think that is something I'll ever forget. And when I hear someone say that they can't do anything to change the world, to change their life, or to make either of them a little better, I hear them say that there is no hope.

 But we aren't powerless to affect the world we live in! The first change should always be a personal change. When you believe nothing can be done, you allow other people to take advantage of you. When you say you can't change your life, you let other people control your life. If you want change, you need to be willing to do something to make it, not sit around hoping someone else does.

Let us never forget that life isn't scripted.