Democrats talk about this protestant work ethic being an industrialization of the Christian mind, but it's more about survival than it is about role models. Imagine what would happen if we all gave up our jobs and walked the earth espousing our philosophies and helping others. Even if we could all magically cure people and help bad people become good people, we'd quickly run out of sick and bad people and then we'd all be walking around asking for handouts from other bums. "I don't have any food or shelter to give you. I'm walking the earth."
So in the interest of concretizing this myth, I'm going suggest that each person should walk the earth for two years (maybe between high school and college?) and go around helping people. Since you probably can't heal the sick and your philosophy won't be honed enough to convert the evil, you should just do odd jobs around the house like mow the lawn, do the laundry or clean the garage, but by spreading the word and showing your compassion during this time, you can justify the rest of your life working too many hours and all the compromises that you have to put up with to have a good life. It will also make you feel better about your indulgences (like massages).
I gave during my walking time.
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