Welcome to our generation, where we as society makes hardening yourself so that you do not "feel" anything the best way to live. We shame emotion and the different ways people show it by calling them "weak." You see posts everyday that are retweeted, favorited and shared that say things like "no feelings, no pain," "if you care, you hurt, so don't care," and my personal favorite, "the less you care, the happier you will be."
It seems like over the past few years, I have noticed that probably 75% of my Twitter followers have either tweeted or retweeted something about them being "heartless," as if not having a heart or simple empathy is something to be proud of. You are going to feel pain and hurt throughout your lifetime regardless of your tweet that says "I'm the most heartless girl ever!" We all know that, so why do we keep lying to ourselves and the world by saying we don't care and we don't feel? WE DO! Ladies and gentlemen, your "I don't care about anything or anybody" attitude is what is causing this world to be so full of hatred. The mentality you carry around as an accomplishment is no such thing, but instead it is a contribution to the world's biggest problem: carelessness and disunity.
Some of the people that I see parading this attitude around aren't being truthful in the fact that they "don't care"... at all. I can not speak for all, but I know, in certainty, that some of you care. You simply have to; it's in our nature as human beings. God made us so that we could feel things. Do not go against Him to numb yourself, unnecessarily. Being able to feel love, compassion, and all those wonderful things is a blessing. You might say "feeling pain isn't a blessing though," but it is. Pain is just a reminder that your body in some way is hurt, whether emotionally, mentally, or physically, and it is working on it's own healing process.
It is not weak to let yourself care.
It is not weak to let yourself feel things.
When somebody can be hurt so many times and still get up in the morning, be compassionate and kind to people that wouldn't be the same to them, and give the world their contribution of love, that is the purest form of strength that I can think of.
Don't you dare call somebody that chooses to show their emotion weak. They are strong for being able to do so in a society that thrives on judgment. Being careless and "not caring about anything" is weak and not needed in this world that already struggles with such division and lack of love.
