Well adjusted?

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
  – attributed to Edmund Burke

Some of our most trying difficulties are caused by plain old inertia. Inertia shows itself in not wanting to move, not wanting to act – in other words, in wanting to be a stone just lying on the road. It is all right for a stone to be inert; that is its role in life. But it is not all right for you and me to just lie down and try to avoid problems, saying, "What does it matter?"

When I hear the phrase "well adjusted," I do not always take it as a favorable comment. Mahatma Gandhi has said that to be well adjusted in a wrong situation is very bad; in a wrong situation we should keep on acting to set it right. When Gandhi, at the peak of his political activity, was asked in a British court what his profession was, he said, "Resister." If he was put in a wrong situation, he just could not keep quiet; he had to resist, nonviolently but very effectively, until the situation was set right.

Eknath Easwaran - with thanks to The Blue Mountain Center

Our Order sets out, in the name of Christ, to break down barriers between people and to seek equality for all. We accept as our second aim the spreading of a spirit of love and harmony among all people. We are pledged to fight against the ignorance, pride, and prejudice that breed injustice or partiality of any kind.

The Principles of the Third Order of the Society of St. Francis

We must not forget that to pray is not to do nothing. On the other hand, prayer is answered by action. It may sometimes be that it's our own action that is the answer to our prayers for peace and for justice. Then however uncomfortable it may be, we may have to get up and do something. Of course, I'm saying this to myself in the first instance...