One sage said magnificent words: “Do not be afraid of your enemies: the most they can do is kill you. Don't be afraid of your friends: the most they can do is betray you. Fear the indifferent: they do not kill or betray, but with their tacit consent murders and betrayals take place. A statement stunning in terms of imagery and accuracy.
Indeed, you see glaring examples of what human indifference can lead to, daily and hourly. A person's heart "grabbed" in the subway - the crowd indifferently walks by, considering him for a drunk. And then the doctors shrug their shoulders: if only they had called us a little earlier. For a long time no one leaves the apartment, a plaintive child's crying is heard - the neighbors will not even think to ask where the baby's parents have gone, if they need help. And after a while, articles about the terrible tragedy appear in the newspapers. Etc. Why is this happening? Why are people so indifferent to each other? Some see the reason for this negative phenomenon in our history. Say, the people had to endure so many hardest trials, go through such torments that many people simply became embittered. They got used to relying only on themselves, not asking anyone for help or offering it to anyone. The same is said by the sayings: "Moscow does not believe in tears", "It is high up to God, far from the king", "Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask" and the like. Others argue that this is done by people who have not received parental affection and care in childhood. They say that no one was interested in them, did not help - when they grew up, they became indifferent, they got used to behaving in the same way. And they do not even imagine that it is possible to live differently. Still others see the reason in the excessive bureaucratization of our state, in corruption and permissiveness of the “chosen ones”. Say, people have long been accustomed to the idea that nothing depends on them, and any protest is useless and will not lead to anything. Therefore, they simply gave up, preferring to isolate themselves from the sad reality and not pay attention to anything. There is probably some truth in all these statements. But this still does not justify indifference. It is useless to wait for some kind wizard to appear and solve all the problems in one fell swoop. And then, they say, it will be possible to become kind and attentive to each other. We must start at least small ourselves: keep clean and tidy in our own entrances, help those who are in special need (for example, is it really so difficult to go to the pharmacy for medicines for a pensioner neighbor?), Break a small flower bed under our own windows, plant flowers … Even the longest journey begins with the very first step.
