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Caring is something you do not something you feel. What exactly do you do to help them?
Well considering that a lot of people suffering are experiencing economic problems in my country or problems with their environment; like not being able to receive health care and suffering from treatable physical illness, not being able to get out of sticky situations with abusive people or dynamics, having employment issues, or being homeless/in debt and so forth - I can't exactly give them a place to live or give them money because I really have none to give.
In those cases, what can I personally do for them? Of course I can listen, I can give solicited advice, and I can point them to the resources they have access to.
I advocate for those resources to be more accessible for all. Health-allowing, I want to volunteer my time and become more politically active.
Oh I'm sorry i misread your response. You're saying you don't do anything to help them but you want to seem like you do. That you're a fake ass poser, pretending to care in some virtue signaling fraud so others will think favorably of you even though you haven't actually done anything to deserve it. Now I understand. Like I said at the start of this waste of time of a conversation, the vast majority of people don't care.
I am not doing well. It's not an excuse and it doesn't make me lesser. I am working to be healthy. You are free to perceive reality however you wish, I choose to believe the world is a friendly place. If I was healthy, I would be able to do more for myself as well as others.
I have experienced some pretty terrible things. I know very well that life can be unkind, but I still persevere and I'm working towards healing. Thanks for your feedback, not everybody is the saint you expect them to be, but it doesn't make them lesser or bad.
So you are saying that you go to homeless camps and explain to them what resources are available to them and personally assist them with applying for those resources?
Considering that I have volunteered my time to help and feed the homeless when I was healthy, and have volunteered a significant amount of time in my life, I'd be willing to if I had an organization alongside me.
Why do you feel the need to purity test me?
None of this has anything to do with our conversation and I have no tests for you. I hope you the best and good luck.
Hope probably requires action too, otherwise nothing backs it up and grounds it into reality.
Thanks for chatting, sorry it wasn't worthwhile for you - it was worth it for me.
I'll keep working on myself, and when I am the shining beacon that even you could stand beside, maybe we could have another chat about caring and action.
You don't need to pretend you are some victim and I'm judging you. You believe caring without action is meaningful and helpful while I think it is how people pretend to help without actually doing anything. We disagree and that is ok. It's really not a big deal.
I believe action can come in a lot of different forms. I very often give advice online, barring my ability to do anything in the real world - due to my body not cooperating. There's a lot on my list for myself, the people I love, and the community around me.
Advice still isn't the same thing as direct support and intervention, despite giving helpful tips and (hopefully) life-changing advice to probably hundreds of people by now.
If I was pretending, I would've already deleted my account. I don't choose to lie. I recently moved to a new area and I have checked out my opportunities for volunteering, but unless I travel to a major city (which I am unable to currently do), my impact will be minimal unless I spearhead an organization or group myself. I live in a very rural area with relatively few homeless or disadvantaged people.
But, of course, it's okay to disagree. And, it isn't a big deal at all. I chimed in to not virtue signal, but to be the person that I am, and to show that the world may not be as cold as your (valid) perspective sheds light to.
I believe your experience is what you make it. I could easily fall into doom and gloom and let that be my reality, or I can open myself up to the idea that people who care are limited by their reality, but given the time, opportunity, and means would help others out.
A vulnerable person could read your perspective and hurt themselves or worse. That was my specific reasoning for response. Hope that makes sense.