Why help those in need?

Dear reader, you may be one of many people of whom are residents of the first world society. From birth you have been granted the "gift of life,"and what you do with it is more or less up to you, my friend. Society has weakened you to accept that you're nobody special, you may not be particularly attractive and the constant cycle of the day can, and sometimes is, a trudge no thanks to the gears of our society (which - by the way - forces a numerical value on our strengths and weaknesses). We're conditioned to believe that everything has to be measured like that of our intellect  through exams/qualifications, the car we drive, and even how we run our daily lives by the human constraint of "time." During the course of this blog post, I'm hopefully going to enlighten you on my recent thought processes regarding people living in this world today.

 First and foremost what makes your success so important when compared to that of a fellow "person's?" I can't really fathom this: why strive for a career when it's going to be stressful? Well that may be a tad dismissive, but "working" 9 to 5 for five days a week for my entire life is something I don't think I could comfortably do. It really can become increasingly more daunting when I'm supposed to create a family and be sociable. How am I supposed to do all of this and why should I? Who makes these rules? Man does, and man wants to entrap us into these padded bubbles, isolated from "unsafe" thoughts.

Furthermore there is nothing more than an illusion of the "perfect life," as portrayed by the media. However I'm wondering about what is this "perfect" life? Wow, I think it's subjective and changes from person to person! The fact that there should be some sort of absolute maxim forced into us from the cradle to the grave by first world  indoctrination causes me to see what society is and how we are nothing but numbers and statistics, and some of us are, sadly, reflected by better statistics than others. Oftentimes we're measured by attributes that we cannot directly control: viz. our attractiveness and out intelligence. 

Furthermore this can cause us to sometimes view life as an incredibly unfair process! Where is the solace? Where is the peace? A lot of us are turning to Christianity as a safety net these days, you could reckon, but not in the first world. There exists an element of hope in Christianity, a light that will never go out. Most of all there exists in the heart of Christianity equality. What does this do for our so-called "imperfections?" Well, I see it as a comfort, a rest-bite like the service station on the motorway ;) ! Science can be very methodical, calculating actually! There would exist the assumption that everything must be measured and by default, society compares these measurements against another: A person against another person; almost as if there exists some kind of control for this experiment: namely a well-conditioned, well-behaved, good-looking, moderately - but not lethally - intelligent human being! If the temporal continuum were to reach it's end point then causality would stop, since Einstein's theory of general relativity proves that matter, space and time are co-dependent entities. This would mean no law (how do you govern an immaterial land?) and all that would remain is either you and your memories (if the mind and matter are of distinct realities) or nothing. If you're nowhere then what? How can you be if there's no temporal continuum to support the material you once were, along with all of it's associated entities? How can you possibly meet the eye of any destiny, pre-destined or not?
However this is the harrowing kernel of a first world life. We've always lived in a place where numbers (money) have precedence over happiness itself. I have seen that money, dosh, wonga, cash etc...  is the sole driving force of society. Does this mean that we've been conditioned to believe that the ultimate goal in life is to be "quintessential?" For what? Buying a house, car etc..? Is being happy and content not a more soothing goal to go for? I've got to step outside my bubble for a moment.

 Christians who are "allowed" to share the gospel with others are, perhaps, experiencing one of the most breathtaking events that this life has to offer, namely that of entering an undeveloped nation, stripping back the inevitable crutch of modernity and exposing the potential that the divine has to offer! The saddening truth, however, about life is that first world society "henpecks" us into conveyor belts by the methods of coercion and guilt. To only fill the gap of this sad, materialistic, predominantly atheist society that is probably as easy to program, by a select few idols such as "the stereotypical episode of an American sitcom," as a mere "biological computer." Life can be frequent, you might be tempted just to autoamputate your hand just to break the cycle and feel something - anything distinct - for a mere moment before the government's antibiotics kick in, but it doesn't have to be that way! Society may make you feel like another mindless drone when you're working at the insignificant supermarket in the humdrum town, but if you can bring someone to Christ then you can be sure that you would really be making a difference! So what if your wage packet doesn't brim? Does it matter? ;)

Thanks for reading! :)