Indifference

A wise man named Peter Marshall once said “A different world cannot be built by indifferent people.” If that was the case we would all live in a world where people said they were going to change the world and meant it. A world where politicians actually did the things they said they would do. Wouldn’t a world be a better place then? However, the world isn’t a better place because mostly no one means what they say or even keeps their word about helping out to change the world for the better. The world is filled with liars, murderers, thieves, rapists, and many other bad people because the people in charge of ridding society of these people couldn’t care less. It’s not that they want the world to be a horrible place, it’s just that they are apathetic and in most cases, being apathetic is worse than feeling extreme emotion (whether love or hate) , and as Elie Wiesel puts it “The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”

          Any ways, returning back to the original quote, I agree with Marshall’s quote because when someone has no feeling toward something they are supposed to do, like for example gardening, they wouldn’t don’t do it with very much enthusiasm, which would consequently make a very ugly and slipshod garden. Now if this saying applies to gardening, imagine how true it is when it applies to changing the world. When you are indifferent toward something, it is worse than hating it because at least when you hate it you show emotion, while being indifferent towards it means you couldn’t care less about it.

Can you be a great teacher if you were indifferent to kids? Could you be a great president if you didn’t care about the people you were ruling? Of course not. Achieving greatness is already hard enough, but to achieve greatness without caring for it would make it near impossible.

For example when a teacher gives an assignment about a topic you are not particularly interested in, you usually don’t do very well on that assignment. However if the teacher gives out an assignment that you like or care very much about, you will do very well and get a good grade on it.

          The moral is that you cannot do something great if you do not care for it. This applies to everything from cooking to yes, even changing the world. Hating isn’t the worst thing we can feel toward doing something because that requires emotion. Indifference is a cold stone barrier that separates you from any emotion or feeling and keeps you from succeeding in any and everything you do. That’s why you should always find a way to care in order to achieve whatever you want. Whether it’s gardening or changing the world, a little caring goes a long way.