[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Should I care?

Ask John Donne, and if you don't understand that, read a book.

[toddlintown]

Go to the poorest parts of Mexico. Go to India, where you realize “3rd World Country” doesn’t even come close to describing vast parts of the country. Spend some time in the Mideast, maybe Egypt, where after a day of handing money out to little beggars, you realize you’ll be broke in days and that you haven’t achieved anything; after a while, you don’t care anymore.

Long ago, I gave up worrying about every poor country and every poor person in the world. Corrupt governments and bankrupted cultures cause poverty and misery and trying to make me feel guilty about someone’s problems doesn’t work on me anymore.