Apathy

I am so dispirited today that all I can manage are quotes about apathy.

I hope you like my selection.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice. 

-- Arnold J. Toynbee

Apathy is a sort of living oblivion.

-- Horace Greeley

Some people confuse acceptance with apathy, but there's all the difference in the world. Apathy fails to distinguish between what can and what cannot be helped; acceptance makes that distinction. Apathy paralyzes the will-to-action; acceptance frees it by relieving it of impossible burdens.

-- Arthur Gordon

It's enthusiasm, not apathy, that makes the world go 'round.

-- Tony Alessandra, Charisma

I don’t know, I don’t care, and it doesn’t make any difference!

-- Jack Kerouac

It's all relative

2 months ago, if you had told me that my car was going to break down to an irreparable state, I would have had some sort of apoplectic fit. However, in relation to other news I have recently heard, it is a minor inconvenience. It is sobering how horrible stories can give your life total perspective and really adjust your point of view. So often I and others seem to place so much importance on something, which is the grand scheme of things, does not really matter. Cars, phones, clothes can all be replaced but losing a loved one or missed opportunity will always leave a dent.

Maybe life has to be contextualised, so bad events have to happen in order for us to recognise how different aspects relate to each other? Only when I am full of mucus and constantly blowing my nose do I really want to be well again and forget how precious my health is.

Looking at all the people and positives in your life makes you appreciate how fortunate you are and the difficulties others face. I definitely have my bad days and life does not always go to plan but I would like to think that my mettle will help me through and I won’t dwell on the negatives. As I have said before, focusing on the negatives in life is so draining and taking more of a positive approach lifts unnecessary strains off your shoulders.

To finish, I found this little quote which I thought was very true and would lighten the blog a bit:

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.
--Reba McEntire

A little ditty

Reading is my lifeblood,

Thinking makes my head thud.

Brain expanding,

Thoughts are landing right inside my mind.

I do not understand those

Who are not interested in prose,

Or articles and poetry or something of that kind.

Isn’t it just grand

When an idea comes to hand

And you realise that you espied

Something thought before.

Maybe it is just me

That these thoughts come readily?

I can only hope

This rhyme I wrote

Made you think a little more.