Middle class guilt

It has been brought to my attention recently that I have a knack for depressing people. Not because I myself am depressed or because I a negative person, but because I talk about things going on in the world that most people would like to pretend don't exist. And of course you can't blame people. When your life is good why would you to concern yourself with these awful things that go on all around the world?

For me, it's not even that I am out to save the world. I'm not an activist, and I don't yell at people who choose to stay ignorant. I just like to know that when all is said and done I will be able to look back and know that even if I didn't necessarily make a difference, that I was aware and didn't have a negative impact. I guess part of it is guilt too. I guess you could call it white middle class guilt. In my mind it's really only luck that I was born where I was born as myself, for I could just have easily been born in Sudan or some other place where I was given a life without hope.

I am going to try to be more hopeful in my blog going forward. Although I feel another "what the hell is wrong with people" post coming on....