I personally stop focusing on such unrest in the world when it starts to really bother me. Sometimes I may escape into the realm of dreams and fantasies. I focus on making them into reality, though, nothing too unrealistic...or unrealistic in my standards at least. I focus on the positive things in my life, things about other people's lives that make me happy. I try to determine what I can do at that particular moment to improve a situation, and if there isn't anything I can do at that particular moment, I try to tell myself to shift my focus elsewhere. Or else it can be really easy for you to keep stressing over something you have no control over. The best you could do might just be sending good wishes spiritually, vocally, or otherwise, or maybe donate money if you could afford that. But I believe any genuine improvement would start from the mind rather than via actions. You must first be aware that such crisisses exist in this world, the nature of them, etc, etc... Then you try to figure out what you can do to improve the situations. Then, you must believe you could make positive progress via the method(s) of your choice. Without conviction, action may have a rather weak impact. Except when flukes occur, of course... LOL But see, all that can be a time-consuming process and also energy-draining. So you'd have to be careful in terms of how much stress you put upon yourself. Being able to balance between being aware of the world's unrest and your own personal, immediate happiness is the key in my opinion. The world is important, and so are you. All the best.
yeah, I think part of it is unplugging from the news of the world, at least for a while for me it is necessary to believe that there is karma/divine justice, or I would go insane. I hope for some benevolent form of karma where everyone who has been wronged will get some compensation in some situations, trying not to care is helpful, I think stressing out about all the bad things that are there in the world won't do any good. I think it would just bring you down and prevent you from doing good things. If you can stay in a state where you are not getting overwhelmed, then you can do your own part to fix some of the problems
I generally keep my mind busy with what makes me happy. The world problems are good to know about but the details can make someone go insane
unplugging the news and or taking a step back from the sadness and horrific circumstances of the world doesn't help the world get better we should all try and help any person in trouble any way we can..how the fuck are you gonna donate a blanket if you dont know your neighbor NEEDS a blanket..put a penny in a donation box...compose an angry e-mail to an official....offer some weed to a cancer patient in chemo....fuck,i could go on but you get the picture...dont tune out...tune in...i could never turn my back on the problems of the world
I do that stuff pretty regularly, but sometimes, the pain and suffering around the world becomes too much to bear and I need a break from it, as does everyone who is trying so hard to make a difference only to realize that shit isn't changing...
The only thing I can change about the world is myself. While I remain aware of what is going on in the world I try to keep my focus on my place in it. If I can not only avoid being part of the evil that is this reality, but also improve it in some small way, maybe I can finally escape this place. My goal is to make this my last incarnation here.
