One wise man said magnificent words: “Do not be afraid of enemies: the most that they can do is kill you. Do not be afraid of your friends: the most that they can do is betray you. Fear the indifferent: they do not kill and do not betray, but with their of tacit assassination, killings and betrayals occur. " A statement that is amazing in imagery and accuracy.
In fact, glaring examples of what human indifference can lead to, you see daily and hourly. A man "grabbed" his heart in the subway - the crowd indifferently walks past, considering him drunk. And then the doctors shrug: if they called us a little earlier. No one leaves the apartment for a long time, a mournful cry comes to the neighbors, and it would never occur to them to ask where the kid’s parents had gone and if help is needed. And after a while articles appeared in newspapers about the terrible tragedy. And so on. Why is this happening? Why are people so indifferent to each other? Some see the cause of this negative phenomenon in our history. Say, the people had to endure so many difficult trials, to go through such torment that many people simply became hardened. Accustomed to rely only on themselves, not asking anyone for help and not offering it to anyone. Proverbs say the same thing: “Moscow does not believe in tears, ” “It is high before God, far away from the tsar, ” “Do not believe, do not be afraid, do not ask, ” and the like. Others argue that this is what people do who have not received parental affection and care in childhood. Like, no one was interested in them, didn’t help - when they grew up, they became indifferent, they were used to behaving in exactly the same way. And they don’t even imagine that one can live differently. Still others see the reason for 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 waved a hand, preferring to shut themselves off from sad reality and pay no attention to anything. Probably, in all these statements there is some truth. But this still does not justify indifference. It is useless to wait for some kind wizard to appear and solve all 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 with our own efforts: to keep our own entrances clean and tidy, to help those who are especially in need (for example, is it really so difficult to go to the pharmacy for medications for a retired neighbor?), To plant a small flowerbed under own windows, to plant flowers. Even the farthest road starts from the very first step.