Crisis
6 Sep
Why does it take a crisis to spring into action?
Is there a psychologist, sociologist, or behaviorist that can explain this to me?
A friend of mine struggled with his inability to motivate for years until he got a diabetes diagnosis. Now, a few months later he is in amazing shape and on a strict diet and workout regimen.
Another person I know quit smoking when she had a cervical cancer scare. She tested positive for the HPV virus and quit smoking cold turkey on the spot.
This is not uncommon. I’m sure you’re familiar with this exact type of situation or you know someone who is.
The other day a Facebook friend posted a link to this story, an “Eco-Alert” quoting a renowned virologist, Frank Fenner, who thinks it’s very likely
humans will probably be extinct within 100 years, because of overpopulation, environmental destruction and climate change
Yikes! This guy is no looney conspiracy theorist, either, apparently. He oversaw the eradication of smallpox, for crying out loud.
As a not-so-in-the-closet catastrophist, I took this blog post very seriously. But I feel fairly paralyzed as to what I can do about it.
I’m just little old me and despite doing the best I can to WAKE PEOPLE UP, combined with a strong personal effort to treat the planet and my fellow man with kindness, people just don’t seem to get it. It’s as if the majority of our friends and countrymen are waiting to hear the president in the form of Morgan Freeman get on the TV and announce an asteroid is coming before they actually TAKE THIS CRISIS SERIOUSLY.
The article concludes:
While many scientists are also pessimistic, others are more optimistic. Among the latter is a colleague of Professor Fenner, retired professor Stephen Boyden, who said he still hopes awareness of the problems will rise and the required revolutionary changes will be made to achieve ecological sustainability. “While there’s a glimmer of hope, it’s worth working to solve the problem. We have the scientific knowledge to do it but we don’t have the political will,” Boyden said.
When we get to the place where a scientist thinks there’s only a “glimmer” of hope, we’re a breath away from crisis.
Consider yourself diagnosed.
You say WHAT?!