Be Counter Cultural

Be Counter Cultural. Reject the societal norm in which greed is good. Selfishness and individuality obsessive. Stand against the grain of a society that tells us consumption leads to happiness. Take issue with a culture that values people based on how much money they make or things they own. Deconstruct the motives of a world that throws away enough food to feed all of the starving. Question a people which has driven species after species to extermination.

But, do not Rage though there are so many reasons. Rage burns hot, but when things do not change you will find yourself exhausted and overpowered. There is a place for rage and nonacceptance. Internally rage will burn away lies but has no real power to directly improve the external world. Those who have raged externally have thought that by taking freedoms away from others (such as communism or religious tyranny) or by making enough noise (yelling on street corners and terrorism) that they will make people better. This has not worked.

Instead, stand in Joyful opposition, your Existence against the Grain. Stand for love and inclusiveness. Stand for generosity and selflessness. Stand for more peace and less consumption. Buy one less thing you do not need and give one more smile to someone who needs it.

Stand against the flow of society and be at peace knowing that perhaps nothing will change. Perhaps the inexorable flow towards obsessive consumption and isolation will continue. Find peace in knowing that whatever comes, you stood for that which was true.