I like intellectual talks and conversation of any kind. So, if there would be a job to talk about my opinion, it would be so cool.
Maybe that is why I like citizen journalism, because it’s personal.
Now, I’m thinking about crisis and how does it affect on people.
Are we getting smarter or more dull and ignorant in recession and hard times?
Here are few of my observations.
We have hard life ahead of us and many unknown things are coming which I can’t even imagine. But I know they won’t be nice.
Maybe I’ll lose my job or house or car.
Maybe I won’t find another job.
Maybe my savings aren’t enough to survive all this crisis situations.
Many maybes.
Many people.
I’m not the only one who thinks about these maybes.
But every person reacts on pressure in different ways.
Someone goes angry and starts with strikes.
Someone lives in fear and loses will power.
Someone tries to fight for his/her job and career - with or without gloves.
Someone tries to learn and educate more in order to get better skills and knowledge and improve his/her chance for employment.
That last category is mine.
I’m trying constantly to read, watch and learn more because every day something new happens, bad or good, and I want to be the one who knows that.
And people who shut themselves out, they become sad and angry and ignorant, uninformed and they get into some kind of brain swamp.
But, I also know that in crisis, looking back in history and looking now and comparing, there are only few people who managed to keep their heads and minds above and open for new stuff.
I would like to be one of them. I am trying.
But I don’t judge people who can’t.
I understand that when your stomach is empty your desire and hunger is for ordinary food and not information.
I also understand that when your world is falling down you can’t stop thinking what happened, when did you, if you did, make mistake and very often you don’t think about solution.
I also understand that in crisis people lose interest in anything but surviving the day.
So, yes, we probably lose our sharp intellect and our bright thoughts in everyday struggle with life.
Wow. I can really relate to so much of what you said. I have gone through many of those things above and I think there could be more bad days ahead. I do not like the fiber of my being that exhibits itself through all of my crisis. I remind myself though, that I have the next moment and all the ones after to show myself, my family and my God what I am made of.
Very thoughtful post.
Staying positive and searching out whatever benefits might be in your current struggle are easier said than done. But we should still try. Being out of work has given me much more (maybe too much?) time to reflect on who I am, what’s important, and goals.
I suggest we all need to lighten-up more often too.
thanks