The world is crumbling!!

Blasts - my city gets hit again. and I am very afraid that I am becoming indifferent to all this. Curtesy asking family and friends about their safety, somehow i assume they are all ok. And I dont want to see the news about any of it. Ofcourse the news itself doesnt help. Apart from the images, all you have is news of how people in power were changing clothes never mind that the city is reeling under attacks which the government knew would happen or condemning the blasts and saying we will not tolerate terrorism. what does that even mean? Or else, you have the opposition who cant even wait for few hours before blaming the government and calling for resignation. No matter what, in India, no one can be united on one thing even if it is terrorism.
Then you have the communal violence and floods - one human-made and the other natural (is it really though?). And the same old story: blame game and no solutions. Does the fact that I am bothered mean that I am not after all indifferent?

On a different scale, we have the financial crisis. Top investment banks - bankrupt, sold, bailed out by Federal Reserve.. so it is in US but it would affect the world, wouldnt it. more than 60,000 employees looking for jobs in an already diminished job market. India's inflation is still high though I havent checked on the latest.

Nothing seems to be going right at the moment. My personal issues have diminished in value. for the first time perhaps I have perspective. My life is fairly easy even though I create problems effortlessly. But the world seems to be crumbling even as I stand straight. Perhaps all the theories about destruction of the world were right. Eventually nature and human will destory the world. Maybe that eventually is right now.
So what do I do? RETREAT. No news, no magazines... shut myself from all the things above. Concentrate on my work assuming that the end is not here yet. It may be selfish, it may be childish.. but it is what I need now.

I am

1. Selfish
2. Impatient
3. Lazy
4. not completely truthful
5. stubborn
6. short tempered
7. elitist/snob/arrogant
8. not steadfast on my principles
And I am not working on any of it!!!