Self Image: Idealism

I do, and will, rant a lot about other people, and society in general. However, I do also admit that I have my faults. I am a bit of a codependent person (trying to fix that one), I am an idealist, I am angry, and I am a (controlled) violent person. Today, I just want to discuss a bit on idealism.

Yes, I know that being an idealist has it's disadvantages, some pretty severe. The main one being that I have tendency to not act as the world is, but instead as the world should be. On the other hand, I do not see this as necessarily negative.

Yes, I see the world as it should be, not always as it is. On the other hand...I also act according to how the world should be (at least as I perceive it). This gets back to many of my problems with people, and their complacency. Because people seem to too often say something along the lines of, "Yeah, that sucks, but that's how it goes." And I have to look at them in complete disbelief. If you know it sucks, and you dislike it...DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! This does not have to be anything extreme, I am not advocating blowing up places or killing irksome people. Just little things. Because they add up, believe it or not. If you think that someone you know did something horrible, don't just shrug your shoulders and say, "Well, that's how they are." Tell them. You don't have to be angry about it, don't have to cut them out of your life. And yes, you may risk losing a friend. On the other hand, your complacency risks them doing the same horrible things, and doing it TO YOU! And by telling them you have done an odd little thing that I like to call: standing up for what you believe in. Also sometimes known as standing up for what is right. I know: Odd concept. If you think some restaurant or business has done something horrible...stop giving them your damn money, and let them know why. I know this one can be tricky, I myself still go to Wal-Mart on occasion, but I restrict it to as rare an occasion as possible. It can be something as simple as spreading the word, but it's a matter of doing SOMETHING, not just shrugging and saying that that's how things are. If it's bad, and it's horrible, you can do something about it.

Yes, I live in an ideal world. It's often the world I WANT to see, instead of the world that is. Yes, it can sometimes make difficulties. And yes, I get frustrated and angry when the two don't match, and even more so when the complacent sheep around me are fine with what they know is bad. And it angers me when I stand up for what is right...and people chastise me or are EMBARRASSED by me for the effort. You know what? It's not going to stop me. I am an idealist. I see the world as it should be, and I see the little things that I can do to make it happen. And I refuse to be complacent, because I want that world, and I want to share it with the handful of people that truly matter to me. If you're one of those people who tell me I'm too angry (a subject that I will discourse more on later), maybe you should stop a minute, and think of why.