Daily Gratitude: “The greatest danger to our future is apathy.”

Did you know that that’s part of the strategy behind the constant bombardment of news that we’ve had since 2025?

We’ve been under siege and it’s been intentional. I have seen it in myself. I used to be at least a little interested in what the news stories were. I stay away from almost all reporting. I don’t read the newspapers and don’t watch TV but I read one news email to see the topics.

But in the past few months I’ve noticed that I don’t even have an interest in that. Why? Because I can’t keep up. My nervous system can’t handle all the drama and it’s all drama. So my protective brain just shuts off. It’s taken me all these years to learn to calm my nervous system that i cannot expose it again. I don’t want it to get all worked up again.

All this “incoming” leads to apathy. When we are apathetic, we no longer care. But we have to care. We’ve seen what’s happened when power is unchecked. We can’t let that continue to happen. The country has no more checks and balances. No matter what side you’re on (think about how pathetic that statement is – why do we have to have sides and not just be for what’s good for everyone?) you have to admit we need checks and balances.

Don’t become apathetic simply because you’re not a government official and “can’t do anything”. There’s something for you to do. Everyone one of us has to fight apathy. Otherwise we’re saying that all those people who died protecting our freedom died in vain. This is why I say Memorial Day must be every day. Honor those who’ve lost their lives by fighting your own apathy.