An Old Man's Lament for A Lost Ideal

I am weary of politics, its plastic people and the endless lies, the glorification of the outrageous antics of the rich and famous, the intolerance and exclusivity preached by most religions, sensationalist media who seek to deceive and divide for the sole purpose of ratings. I am tired of excuses and the way in which honest people are exploited, the power of big corporations and angered by the mistreatment of our planet. I am sick of the promises made by a world addicted to wealth and the necessity to own the latest must have gadget and the modernist doctrine of the primacy of the “self”. We have lost our way by abandoning the sacred, the soulful connection to the earth and what lay beyond. My old and perhaps naive mind imagines an ideal where the world and life is not configured to serve our most unholy needs but to those that will lift us towards the greater good.