Why Must We Wait

Why is it that most often it isn't until a dramatic experience that we exit this world of concentration on solely ourselves. I have yet understood if it is the society that we are raised in or lack of guidance to the understanding of humanity. We wait until someone has passed, until we realize the nth amount of times that we should have spent caring and tending to their needs. Or wait until we are in a car accident to realize that as easy as life can be given, in any instance, can be taken away. But what is the purpose of waiting, when life isn't going to pause at the grasp of this realization. 

We fail to realize that it is only within each of us, individually, that we can start to view a better world for ourselves and our posterity by just "living." Living with the realizations that as time ticks away that there are people dying, emotions to be tended to, a world of endless opportunities; in that we must be thankful... spend the extra time outside during a break at work, realize that if you are already late for work...enjoy the car ride there (we can't change what is already done, but rather change our mentality for the future), sing on the top of your lungs in the shower, give a sincere compliment (jealousy is not an excuse for cruelty), and sometimes just make the time... not only for yourself but to let people in that you may have not otherwise. 

We must step away from this cyclical lifestyle day by day, Here we are not necessarily living but rather "being" in this world that can embrace our singular desires, thoughts, and emotions in the betterment of the majority by sharing our similarities and accepting our differences. It is when we put our guards down of vulnerability that we comprehend that we all are more alike than we think in some way, but the first step is understanding ourself. And as I always say, we must learn to love ourselves before we can learn to love another.