In my favorite poem by Robert Frost, Nothing Gold Can Stay, he reminds us that like the seasons of nature, life is one season melting into another, and quickly fading away. This is my attempt to document each season in my life and my family.

Going to Hell in a Handbasket

Filed under: General — Rachel at 1:02 am on Thursday, September 23, 2004

I am developing a very dreary outlook on the world in general. Almost to the point of feeling guilty for bringing children into such a wicked world. For real. I have been doing a little surfing before going to bed, and I’m quite convinced that the world is a vile place. Just tonight, I have read an article about an 11-year-old boy raping an elderly lady while his friends watched, read a post from a friend on a message board about a two year old girl who had been raped so many times that her internal organs were pushed together so much that she couldn’t have normal bodily functions and was so traumatized that she is mentally almost gone, read a debate about whether we should negotiate with terrorists to keep them from beheading fellow Americans, and the list could go on and on and on. It’s depressing.
I hate the fact that my children have to grow up in a world such as this. I hear people say that we can “make it better by one”, and all of that stuff. It’s not gonna happen, though. With each passing year, it gets worse and worse, and never gets better. What kind of world will it be when my children leave the protection of my home, and venture into the world as adults? I hate to think of it.
Wow. This is depressing. I can’t help it, though. I hate the world around me. Call me a pessimist, or call me a realist. Either one might apply tonight.

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Comment by Markendey

September 23, 2004 @ 1:20 am

Hi, I too subscribe to your views on the state of the human race.
Is it possible to change it????? Or is it destined?
By the way, the cruelty of the human race is not something new. It has been there since its evolution. It is just that you are getting to know more about it due to the advances in communication.
So do not worry.
Mark.

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Comment by Rachel

September 23, 2004 @ 1:29 am

I don’t think that there is anything that we can do to change the fate of the world in general. I am a Christian, and I believe that we are born with a sin nature. While I know that, if we were all to turn to God, the world would be a different place, I also realize that that is not going to happen. I’ve often told my husband that maybe the Amish have the right idea. We should just go live alone with people who hold the same morals that we do, and raise our kids in a sheltered environment. That is inherently flawed, though, from a Biblical point of view, because we are told to evangelize and spread the Gospel. Can’t very well do that from a commune. Did you see the movie “The Village”? Although fictitous, it is a prime example of human nature. The very emotions that make life worth living (love, passion) are the same emotions that make men do terrible things.
So, I don’t know. Maybe I’m wrong for having such a depressing outlook tonight, despite the stark realities of our day. If it weren’t for my babies, maybe I could rest easier. I mean, as a Christian, I do have a hope of a better country. It’s just that I don’t want my babies marred by such a hateful, cruel world.

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