Baby Grace-
That statement represents a lot of what I've been thinking about recently. So many people in this world seem to take that outlook on life. It would be so easy just to live independently without a care for another being. Time after time I've regreted caring about people; at the worst possible time, it seems as though care and compassion backfires at you. The selfish people out there in the world seem to live easier, without a conscious thought for others, I suppose you could say. To have compassion takes effort.
I think I've come to the point to realize that essentially, everything you do in your life is not up to you. You are constantly influenced and affected by the actions' of other people. And rather than contribute to the mass of uncaring people, I'd rather go against the 'flow' and do what, at heart, I know is right. I think it is possible to live without other people, though it's something I wouldn't want to do. In order to live with people, you have to care about them and realize that they do matter. It's hard to get into the psychology of those who don't care about others, those who just act stupid.
If I were to no longer care, I would no longer be myself. That's something I would regret much more than anything else.