My nephew came to visit yesterday as he often does, and as he was leaving he popped his head around the living room door to say goodnight ( I'd fallen asleep in front of the TV) and he asked me .. 'What do you think of this 2012 thing?' I thought he was talking about the Olympics.. but regardless I still asked .. 'What 2012 thing?'
'That the world is gonna end!'
'Who told you that?' I asked..
'Loads of people..it's all over BB.. the net etc' he responded..
I noticed a look of sadness on his face, which is unusual as he's a very happy and content type of guy..
He went on to talk about the fact that he worries about his daughter's future ( she's about 18mths) what with the world being the way it is..
It annoyed me a bit...
I was annoyed because as adults we rob our young people of so much...
Adults can be real screw ups!!
Somewhere between our youth and adulthood many of us become assholes.. ruin what could be.. a pretty cool place.. we hurt each other, crush hopes, crush dreams, and enjoy the misery of others.. sure not all.. but a large enough number of people to have an impact.. and to have caused 'that look' on my nephews face..
Where, between the innocence of youth and adulthood, does the switch take place?
Sometimes with age comes .. a whole load of baggage, bitterness, and bullshit.
Who are these vampires, sucking the blood of humanity?
When he left he felt better.. thanked me for whatever it was I said. ( It was something positive - not sure of the details as I really was half asleep!!)
Took me awhile to get back to that 'place' though..
I watched BBC news 24 at approx 4am) and noticed a show called 'news day' (or something like that)where the anchorwoman is joined by a guy from Singapore..
Sign of the times I guess.. in time it'll be India - perhaps..
Anyway.. I've said to myself many times that most people are really good people deep down.. maybe it's so deep down that it's becoming even harder to see it, I don't know..
I always live in hope - and will give folk the benefit of the doubt as I would like for them to give me.. still...
Welcome to the world J.. you're all grown up now!
*yeah yeah not everyone I know..relax.. it's probably not you:).. if it is?.. come-on...sort it out!!!
I remember my daughter asking me this question in front of my son a few years ago. I told her that if she went to Times Square or Piccadilly Circus or any inner city, she'd see some fool holding a sign up saying the end is near.
ReplyDeleteThese people are like roaches, they're always gonna be there no matter what.