Not a Hero, Not Part of Your Parade

To all extroverts and global thinkers, pay attention please.  To all people who have ever felt the weight of the world crashing down on your shoulders, I implore you to read this.  To all people who have ever thought of issues as something global, such as race, war, poverty, group identities, power structures, or any of that other sociological stuff that considers humans on a macro-scale, listen up.  To the people I have loved whose minds fell victim to the temptation of considering humanity as a whole, read this below.

When you think about yourself in relation to the world outside as a whole (which is all the time for an extroverted intuit), it can be daunting. You think of all the problems of the world and all the people who don't care for you, and you shudder at the thought of letting these inadequacies staying that way. You panic, thinking that the world's failures are your failures, and that your squandered relationships must be the result of your own shoddy performance. But the world isn't just your stage. The world will not be carried on your shoulders alone. It may be tempting to look at disease, poverty, hate, war, and all the other negatives as one collective, global evil. But that instance of oversimplification pits your lonely self against the colossal summation of everything wrong with the world. And you vs. the whole world's problems--that isn't a fair fight, is it? 
Well, the good news about facing the whole world's problems is that the world's positive forces are fighting those negative forces every day. We're all in this together, so why pin all the world's responsibility on just yourself?! I used to panic, believing humanity was headed toward its demise as I considered global warming, useless political leaders, natural disasters, violence, poverty, and every other problem. But I take solace in knowing that people work every day to battle the bad in this world. Plus, I know that I'm only one human; I can only do so much. 
So, seeing that I alone can't rescue humanity from the summation of all its potential destruction, I know how pointless it would be to assume the role Earth's hero and savior. Seeing that I can't please everyone, I know how pointless it would be to try and be Earth's number one star performer. I don't want to be a hero; I don't want to be a part of your parade.

And I think that is why I love this song so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHeK0Cwr9sg