When Havoc’s at the Door… fundraising

The world is in turmoil – why don’t I worry more? Well personally I don’t care if it’s the end of mankind, coz it might as well be. All these years and all we’ve managed to come up with is global warming and a failing economy. And yes, times are harsh – there’s an increase in people in need of psychological help; blind violence is growing ever more common; it’s been months since there were any green numbers of significance at Bloomberg’s; and in 2012… well I doubt the gods will be “holidaying” here.

But this was supposed to be an angry blog post, and mind you, it should be. People all over the world are living in fear of going bankrupt; one third of the worlds’ mammals are endangered of dying out; not to mention there’s too many people who can’t even afford to feed themselves. And while everybody has to eat, no one is willing to produce food any less than they’re willing to give up their yearly vacations to Spain or spending 2000 quid on their child’s birthday because they can’t be there for them themselves.

There’s something fundamentally wrong with the way we’ve built our world. And I ask myself “what happened?” when something as innocent as a walk in the park can result in being blown up for a cause; getting kicked to death for the way you dress; or being stabbed in the stomach by your best mate over a quarrel that would have been solved within ten minutes of reason. I’m beginning to think our whole society was built on sand ground.

Some have predicted the 30s’ all over again, and ever so dramatic it might seem… well let’s just hope history doesn’t repeat itself too soon. But with red figures everywhere and no white Christmas ahead - four years to go, and who knows, the world might actually have come to an end. Still, I have to be honest and say that I wasn’t entirely truthful when I said I didn’t worry, because I do worry. Not because we might be facing the end of the world as we know it, or indeed the end of mankind itself, but because we all worry. And with a future as uncertain as this, God knows we should.