Changes

There are many things that I would like from life. Yet more then things I want change in the world. I enjoy nice things and see the homes friends of mine have and cars, clothes and vacations. And I would be lying to myself and you, if I said I did not want similar things. But my focus is and always has been on change. And changing the way people see the world. It really is not about changing people, but actually getting people to see the reality in front of them. I don't think any change can happen as long as we continue to choose to open our eyes and not see reality in front of us.

The last time you went out how many lost souls or broken people did you notice? I am willing to almost bet you will have seen one or two...but you missed so many in front you! We tend to consider the bag lady, the bum, the junkie, the whore as the broken people or lost souls. And they can be! Have you ever took a moment to consider how many cracks it took to break them? Or how many times those souls were looking for direction before they became lost?

Think of our brother and sister mother fathers neighbours friends co workers... and ourselves for a moment. All of us dealt a different hand in life, good things, bad things, tragic things, losses griefs, births everything that makes up a life time. And yet so many of us are choosing not to see the cracks . We say "its not our problem" or "what can I do"? Or we pass the blame and in our minds we are helpless to do anything. I want to scream so loud to everyone...in every country and every single corner of the earth "Say Hello"! Its as simple as that. Great changes can come from acknowledgment. Its not going to fix a broken heart, take away an addicts withdrawal, or feed a hungry family. It will remind them they are not alone that you see them.

Every society has become so divided not only by borders, governments, religion and going down to being divided by social and economic status. Further more ridiculously, we are now being divided by material items and focusing on items our neighbour has, or what they do rather then who they are. These things have become so important! We are driven by the force of marketing and media to work harder then ever to be able to have the latest things. Ultimately distracting us from each other, and real human issues. I don't blame you, I want these things too. But forcing my self to be aware its been more difficult for me to loose focus on you and other's.

And some times it is scary to see the heart ache in people, but if you just look past the things that make you uncomfortable like dirt or things tend to separate us. Look at the face and skin and eyes see that and see someones child someones mother or father and try to remember that is something we have in common. Then start with hello until you decide you can make a difference and only you will know how or when or for who. Acknowledge & seeing can make as big of a difference as a simple hello. If you don't believe me, I challenge you to take five minutes at any point in your day to be in one place and watch people, see how many people almost seem to float past other people with no acknowledgement. And think of how often that goes on a day , then a week and I can promise it will show you the disconnection can be part of the blame for the breakdown of human compassion. Thus creating greater problems down the road.