The Truth Behind Avatar

I watched Avatar for the third time tonight and unfortunately, yet again, was reminded of the truth behind the story. I love the movie, in my opinion it's one of the best, most thought out stories in a really long time and it's different not your typical show. But it has a lot of unfortunate truths to it and that is both upsetting and scary.
The first time you see the movie, the most obvious issue is that the people there are different. They are much larger then human beings and live "savagely" as we would consider it. They live their lives connected to nature in a way humans do not understand, much like the Native Americans did here before Europeans came to settle in America. Anyway, being that they are different, the humans on the planet do not understand the way they work and they consider them savages, they feel that they need to teach them the American ideals that they live by: teach them English and give them medicine and roads. Things that they do not want but we think that they would want.
Even today, in this world, if you are different you are discriminated against from the beginning. It's 2010 and yet if you are a woman, gay, African American, Asian, Jew, Muslim, or anything different, you are made fun of for what you look like, or how you act, or what you believe in. The Native Americans, when the Europeans came to America were living what was considered a "savage" lifestyle. They wore animal skins and lived in tribes. Their primary jobs were to hunt and fish. They had their own languages and their own religions and their own lifestyles. They believed and used nature, but not in the same way as Europeans who abused the land, they took what they needed and in a way thanked the land, much like the Na'vi of Avatar. But to the Europeans, this way of life did not work, they needed structure, government, Christianity, European languages, and an assortment of things from the Western World. They were "uncivilized" and according to the Europeans could not take care of themselves. They were "savages" and yet they were in a more perfect world.
In the movie Avatar, Jake's character asks Eywa, the Na'vi god, to look into Grace's memories and see the destroyed world of Earth. To see that they have destroyed their planet and plan to do the same there. And that is the truth, we have begun to destroy the planet and the effects of our actions can already be seen. Sure there are efforts to help stop all of the problems that come with the pollution among other things slowly killing our planet, but we can't fix what we have already destroyed. Things aren't getting better either, sure people can recycle and use public transportation and find better fuel sources but those aren't the only problems we cause. We love material things, and don't get me wrong there are certain things that I feel I can not live without, but the truth of the matter is I can and so can we. Though it's much too late to make a change that drastic. People are too dependent on technology and money and power to try to change the way we live.
It's ironic because the Native Americans were considered savages, yet we are the ones that are destroying the Earth, we are the ones who fight wars over money and power and religion, we are the ones who can't live without an electronic device because we wouldn't know what to do. They were the ones that had it right all along and we are the ones that came and messed it all up and the repercussions of our actions will continue on into the future until the end of this Earth. But that's just my opinion and after seeing Avatar I know that if that ever really happened, us finding some other planet with alien life forms somewhat like ourselves, we would do exactly what was done, just for the money and the power that comes with the destruction of their planet and that is sad. That is truly depressing.

Life plan

So I have a new plan that I hope will help me get my life back together and help me make some real decisions. I just need to put it into action and once I do I have a feeling things will get better. I don't hate my life or something but I have no idea what I'm doing with it and I just feel like I'm not living it to its fullest. My first step is to find me a job! And I have a job intereview coming up soon that will hopefully help me do just that! The next is to get rid of things that I don't need, starting with cleaning out my room! That thing has become a bottomless pit for junk and it needs to be taken care of. My next step is to start watching what I'm eating; although I am comfortable with myself and my body, I need to get healthier, start taking some Vitamin D and Acai and getting all the daily nutrients I need. My next step is to join a gym and exercise at least one hour daily, that will help me lose weight as well as feel better and more energized. The next step is to get more into my hobbies, start taking more pictures of just different things so that I can strengthen my skills. Learning new things would also be a step, I already like to sew, maybe get myself into knitting and things like that, plus classifly all my rocks and minerals and get them organized. I just need to get myself and my life more organized. This rolling with the punches and not living thing is getting old and I need to start doing something about it. I'm tired of just being comfortable with how my life is, I need to jump into things and get everything going. Anyway there will be more steps, especially as I start into things but I want to be the best I can be and I'm never going to be that with the way I am now.

Stuck

So once again I am stuck. Thinking more and more about the future always does this to me. My problem is I spend too much time thinking things through and I always end up second guessing my plans. It doesn't help that everyone has their own opinion as to what I should do, however. I've been thinking more and more about possibly going for law. I always said I wanted to help people and lawyers are just one of those types of people that we will always need, like doctors and nurses and teachers and people in government. Maybe I should just go with something like that. That way I'm more guaranteed a job then I would be if I was a photographer or a chef. It's just an inner battle with my inner child I suppose. When you're a kid people tell you you can be whatever you want to be but once you become an adult you realize that that is not the reality of the situation. Sure you can still be whatever you want to be but guess what that comes with its own set of problems. Is there a high demand for that particular career? Is that even a possibility where I want to live? How much does it pay? Will I be able to live comfortably? Does it have crazy hours or will I one day be able to raise a family? How many other people are going into this field? What will I have to do to make myself more profitable then them? It's this perpetual cycle of questions constantly in my head that has me always second guessing what I'm going to do with my life and it's the end of freshman year and I want to make a decision. I don't want to be in my thirty's still in school trying to figure out what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. I just want a stable job that is going to allow me to still do the my hobby's and have a good time in life not one that will make me hate myself for choosing it. So I have no clue, I do know I don't want to be stuck in a cubicle for the rest of my life, that is one thing I can not do.