"Science may have found a cure for most evils: but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all — the apathy of human beings." Some might think that when Helen Keller spoke those words, she was talking of some exotic disease that affects people in the slums. Or that she was speaking of an abnormality that can be found only in the mentally unstable. Those who believe those falsehoods are truly mistaken.

She was not talking of a disease or a problem that affects only one group of people, but one that affects society as a whole. Apathy is not some dreaded illness that attacks only the weak. Apathy is instead a base part of humanity, one that we as a people would rather not admit to, even as it stares us blatantly in the face.

Apathy has been around since the beginning of time. It is never acknowledged by those who practice it and there is always an excuse when someone has been accused of it. Apathy is a state of mind for those who lack a sense of responsibility. Apathy is practiced by those who have insulated themselves in their own little cocoon, their own little corner of the world where they have a false sense of safety and stability. They care only about their own self-interests and pursuing their own agenda.

What is apathy? Quite simply, apathy is indifference. Apathy is indifference to the sufferings of others. Apathy is indifference to the happenings of the world around the individual. Apathy is indifference to anything that does not directly affect that specific human being, or his surroundings. Apathy is remaining neutral in the face of adversity if the problem does not directly concern that person.

APATHY IS PART OF OUR HUMAN NATURE — NOT OUR SPIRITUAL NATURE

Apathy is also an integral part of human nature. It's part of human nature to be vain and to only care about issues that pertain to ourselves. Therefore, apathy towards things that have naught to do with us is normal.

Apathy is a shameful part of humankind, but it's also one that mankind has learned to live with. Until people see things from a higher, more spiritual perspective and learn that the universe does not revolve around their little lives, they will continue to be indifferent to that which has no direct effect on them.

~AN ANONYMOUS ESSAY ON APATHY FROM THE INTERNET~