Have you ever abandoned something? How about someone? How about an idea, or a particular stance on some subject that you used to care about? Some goal you once were determined to conquer and then conveniently “forgot” about?
Have you abandoned your “bad” self or some undesirable trait within you that you finally got hold of and eliminated? Have you abandoned hope for a better world, or that a Starbucks will open less than a block away from you?
There are probably very few of us who could honestly say we have never abandoned anything. Our world is full of abandoned buildings, machinery, factories, cars, buses, oil rigs, playgrounds, relationships - and just about anything else we can think of.
Why, we even have bridges and sections of highway that were only partly built and then abandoned for some unknown reason.
Engaging in abandonment may be one of our favorite actions as humans. It’s so easy! And cost effective! Those losers who claim to have some sort of inner voice that says abandonment isn’t right, have abandoned their right to speak out in judgment of those of us who make use of the right to abandon things, so we should bully urge their friends to unfollow, and possibly even doxx them on social media!
Maybe the mockery above goes a bit overboard in describing reactions to a slightly overlooked and greatly ignored problem which no one seems to ever talk about, unless you live in a subdivision ruled by an HOA, a Home Owners Association.
The HOAs of the world actually seem to be the only ones around anymore, who are strongly against people abandoning things in their neighborhoods. They can be a real pain and will fine you over and over for abandoning stuff outside, until you get rid of it. The HOA will also fine you for lots of other “infractions” too.
But since the number of homeowners controlled by HOAs represents a very small minority overall, (compared to the number of communities that ignore open abandonment), there isn’t much hope for getting control over the act of abandoning things.
Of course there are worse types of abandonment than abandoning things. There are those who abandon their dog or cat because they don’t want it anymore, and it’s too much trouble to take care of. But what’s really sad is that there are those among us who abandon their own children, sometimes because the kids are simply a “drag” on their lifestyle of continuous partying.
If you’re a person, being abandoned is not a good thing. It means you were not worth keeping. It means someone has dropped you off, and then continued on their way with everyone except you. The word, abandoned, has a negative connotation in most cases.
The only time “abandoned” implies a positive outcome, is when we’ve abandoned something that’s had a negative influence on us and our growth as a person. Then it’s describing something very positive.
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