So you think you've figured out everything? But we know that our minds are just made out of strings to be pulled.

My one issue with social activism is how do you create a personal definition for effective action and then enact that ideal? I know that there are too many issues to take on yourself - you'd spiral straight into the ground. Do you close your eyes and choose at random? Do you give a small vague piece of your efforts to every movement in your general vicinity?

I know that at some point every person must come across a moment of passionate illumination. I also know that apathy is as slow seeping as it is addictive and toxic. So, do you wait for illumination or do you search for it and if you search for it does that compromise the organic revelation of the moment?

I guess that the act of the search will inadvertently guide you to clarity. Your action is only a ripple in the pool and each ripple carries numerous reverberations. Also, what do you do with the indefinite wait? Okay, so you're desperately hoping for inspiration but that doesn't mean you should lay comfortably swaddled in the cradle of inaction. I tend to look for (read into... synonymous) the bigger picture in many scenarios. At least, I notice a trend of that variety. Therefore, with every situation I try to break it down into smaller manageable pieces, steps, whatever. So when dealing with the effects of globalization (i.e. displacement slums), I can't see what I can do for those specific people (maybe I'm just desensitized). My mind focuses on how to make larger shifts which is then met with a swell of insignificance. When did the displacements begin? Why is there displacement? What is India's role in the global economy? How do you work towards a more functional nation? What do I mean by functional?

Yet, you can't help make large change without helping the individual and visa versa. That also is the most frustrating conclusion ever! Hell, everything is a balance so can you really sit down and formulate some sort of golden ratio?

And then, what about the persons who dedicate their lives to a very specific cause? Are some born to speculate and others act? I've always secretly wanted both. The actor gives their time to the concrete and the philosopher struggles with the infinitely abstract. They can be the same person but how do you strive for one without sacrifice and can that sacrifice also be a contradiction?

I think that, at my core, I favor the philosopher. I see the world as too complex to comprehend most of the time. We need to reach a certain understanding. What are the pieces?