Why Not Care?

When you have the opportunity to try and care, why choose to not? When the ability to help and make a difference arises in your life, what reason do you have to flounder the chance? When did our species’ chronic lack of empathy become so blatantly blazoned by those who dare call themselves human?

We are so able and ready to be there for those who aren't in the same positions as us in any possible manner and yet we somehow squander the power we have to create a close knit community of diverse lives through elitist beliefs and flat out hatred. How in the current times of our world are you capable of shutting yourself away from those in which any ounce of effort could be life changing, and if not life changing, day changing. A single act of care, of kindness, of literal humanity can truly go much further than some believe, yet we take it upon ourselves daily to hoard any morsel of kindness, used only very sparingly towards those we consider close to us. It is only through this genuine selfishness and hate that we will finally grow to be the monsters that so many people believe humanity truly is.

These ridiculous beliefs that you have to look out for yourself because no one else will. The extreme irony of that thought bewilders me to no end. If everyone operates on this thought process then obviously no one will look out for you, because we're already busy being afraid to help others that everyone's feverishly looking out for themselves.

We separate ourselves from each other with this fear, diminishing our abilities to help and look out for one another day by day by worrying that if you don't put yourself first, no one else will. We hide and isolate ourselves from the rest of society in favor of prioritizing our own health and wellbeing, without stopping to realize that there are people out there who don't have the means to prioritize themselves. And, instead of seeing this and stopping to lend a much needed hand, a light in their dark time in life, we run in the other direction to make sure that we aren't hurt in the process of caring for another. Although we may be burned from time to time, you cannot allow this fear to overwhelm you and cause you to be afraid of those around you, to see horror in helping other's, because with this fear, we will not help others, and others will never help us. It is so important that you break down the walls that this fear has led you to build, and embrace the vulnerable state of opening yourself to the people around you who need care, and want to care for you.

If we allow this vulnerability of caring for our fellow human beings then this statement will quickly become obsolete. It's truly such a simple path to community and care, the dropping of unfounded fears and prejudice, and opening yourself to the thought that just maybe, not every person in the world is out to get you, and that helping others for no reward is just the right thing to do.

And, I can promise, once you're able to do this, the reward of helping others will simply be the joy you can feel knowing you were able to make someone's life a tad easier, and the security of knowing that others will do the same for you if you so need. So, please, take the time out of your day to reflect on your beliefs and acts, and try to make a difference for someone you don't know, regardless of how small.