IJWTS Thread (58)

MustardSeeed said:

IJWTS - The world could use some more kindness ... the negativity really saddens me

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kittysbecute said:

I guess the best way to help the world be a better place it is to do our best to be kind to everyone.

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Wayholka said:

"You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done. I know you hurtin' and worryin', I can feel it on you, but you oughta quit on it now. Because I want it over and done. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?"

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Wayholka said:

"You tell God the Father it was a kindness you done. I know you hurtin' and worryin', I can feel it on you, but you oughta quit on it now. Because I want it over and done. I do. I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. Tired of not ever having me a buddy to be with, or tell me where we's coming from or going to, or why. Mostly I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world everyday. There's too much of it. It's like pieces of glass in my head all the time. Can you understand?"

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Wayholka said:

Maybe deep down there's a John Coffey in all of us. I know there certainly is in me. I'm very happy to have been given the opportunity to watch this film.

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Wayholka said:

I saw so much of myself in him. We are both simple-minded outcasts who try to do good and relieve pain for others. Unfortunately, we are discriminated against because of our differences (him being his race and mine being my neurology) and feel everyone's pain and cruelty to seemingly superhuman levels (hyper-empathy) and hate living because of it. Neither of us could fathom how others are seemingly OK with how crappy the world is to itself when it feels like glass inside our heads every day.

Maybe deep down there's a John Coffey in all of us. I know there certainly is in me. I'm very happy to have been given the opportunity to watch this film.

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Wayholka said:

Feeling all the pain, cruelty and evil in the world just overwhelms me like you wouldn't believe. Like I said, it bothers me that so many people are fine with living in a screwed up world like this one and completely indifferent to each other's pain and suffering. It was like how the guards in the film just lived life casually and their job was to take life. John just wanted to give life and help ease the suffering he feels in others throughout the world. Everyone was OK with how imperfect the world was but John wasn't. He had a superhuman empathy for everyone in the world and had a heavy burden to bear. Now that I think of it, I imagine how God's heart aches seeing his own prized creations do all these awful things to each other.

There were times where I wished I was a sociopath so I wouldn't be able to feel other's hurt, have this much emotion, or constantly feel bad for not helping people enough all the time. I know this would be a terrible alternative and would only add to the problem. I don't know if I'm too empathetic or if others are just simply not empathetic enough. Societies tend to run smoother when there's empathy for everyone but unfortunately, that's not the norm, especially in this day and age where narcissism is reigning supreme.

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Wayholka said:

Feeling all the pain, cruelty and evil in the world just overwhelms me like you wouldn't believe. Like I said, it bothers me that so many people are fine with living in a screwed up world like this one and completely indifferent to each other's pain and suffering. It was like how the guards in the film just lived life casually and their job was to take life. John just wanted to give life and help ease the suffering he feels in others throughout the world. Everyone was OK with how imperfect the world was but John wasn't. He had a superhuman empathy for everyone in the world and had a heavy burden to bear. Now that I think of it, I imagine how God's heart aches seeing his own prized creations do all these awful things to each other.

There were times where I wished I was a sociopath so I wouldn't be able to feel other's hurt, have this much emotion, or constantly feel bad for not helping people enough all the time. I know this would be a terrible alternative and would only add to the problem. I don't know if I'm too empathetic or if others are just simply not empathetic enough. Societies tend to run smoother when there's empathy for everyone but unfortunately, that's not the norm, especially in this day and age where narcissism is reigning supreme.

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