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Dan...'s avatar

Useful vs. grateful are different things.

Life-saving procedures (like first aid) should be taught to kids in their first school years.

Responsible doc vs. career-pusher are in every field, we just don't isolate them fast enolugh because consequences (like firing you to make room for friends) are not as dramatic as with health.

So it's not all BW.

Apart from this, I don’t think we should make an altar of goodness of hospitals or healthcare facilities. And we shouldn’t worship doctors or PhDs or nurses or professionals in any area, despite their commitment. Everyone has a place in this life, and on the absolute level there is no difference in “significance” between a street sweeper and a bank manager or a truly unique doctor with genuine humane attitude.

In other words, respect does not recognize titles, diplomas, publications or years of service.

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Luke Coughlan's avatar

I see major differences amongst the professions you mention. The street sweeper does not kill with reckless abandon, nor does the street sweeper mutilate children, or inject them with poison... Street sweepers do not call police to force others into homelessness for being late on a mortgage. Street sweepers are not known for usury, or collecting bonuses while their businesses were being bailed out by taxpayers...

Street sweepers I do feel much gratitude towards! Doctors and bankers I will see in hell.

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Dan...'s avatar

If you subscribe to any form of religion in which there is One Creator, your statement above contradicts this belief. It is very important to understand this. This Life with all its small creations comes from the Creator in these classic (root) religions. In other words, the Creator decided to create all sweepers, doctors and bankers, good and bad. Their existence and actions are His decision. If we deny or reject some of these social functions, we contradict the Creator’s will. Literally, we ourselves deny the Creator.

If you do not associate yourself with religious views, it would be nice to review your life and the life of your family, parents and grandparents. Check whether any of these people owe anything (gratitude, respect, warm feelings) to the social functions which you declare to hate. In other words, check whether any smallest part of your own life is any intricate way related to their existence. If you find such connections…

Mind you, I am referring to social functions - not to particular persons.

And the third part is about you creating within yourself division and breakage. If anybody’s fleeting presence can turn your goodness into hatred, it means that your soul is very weak. This situation is even worse when you initiate this hatred within you against people whom you have never met in real life. It’s like you watching a cartoon and concluding that you will hate all Road Runners just because they move too fast. This would then mean that your soul is very weak AND easily moldable by others. Which means that your are an easy target to become a puppet for games other people play. Maybe it’s worth reconsidering.

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Luke Coughlan's avatar

My soul's fine, thanks though.

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Dan...'s avatar

I am writing in general, as examples of possible interpretations of events in life. I do apologize if it was not clear enough, no intention to personalize the message on my part.

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Luke Coughlan's avatar

No worries Dan. No need to apologize. When I speak of doctors and bankers I'm doing the same thing, writing generally. Got some doctors and I think 2 bankers in my life whom I love dearly. I wish they'd sweep streets or something.

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