i'm better than you.

that is the attitude we take on a lot of times whether we realize it or not. before you deny it, take some time to think about that. don't we think we are better than some people in a few places? once in a while? yea, and if you deny it you are lying. but i don't mean to insult - hear me out. i am guilty of this as well. take a trip down memory lane with me to high school. remeber how we were with the same group of people for 6/9 periods sometimes? there is certainly a time when you took time out of whatever you had to do to talk to a friend or someone in need that had to get something off their chest. there is a time i guarantee it that you sat down and all you were asked to do, or even had to do was listen. nothing else. what an unselfish act. listening to the problems of another person. it seems to relevant and obvious and second nature doesn't it? why have we put this behind us? why don't we do it as much anymore? why has our life all of a sudden spun out of control into something that we can't explain. how often do we take time out now to talk to our neighbor? to see what they are thinking, to ask how life is going? how often do we SACRIFICE our time to make others feel less insignificant? that their problems actually matter? why can't we love like we used to. and if you didn't used to, why can't you try? have our lives become so wrapped up in ourselves and our spouses/significant others or circle of friends that we have come to disregard those around us? there are people slowly dying on the inside and just desperately seeking for a listening ear. be silent, just listen for a change. don't say a word. sometimes the quietest conversations can have the most lasting effects. imagine saying nothing at all and changing a life. DO YOU DARE step into the life of another? or are you saving that task for someone else, because you are simply better and have "other things" to take care of? well guess what? you are not fooling anybody. stop acting and start living, loving, caring - sound corny? maybe - but try it out. and then get back to me. DELVE DEEPER THAN "HOW ARE YOU". DEMAND AN ANSWER.

to put others before ourselves. wow what a concept. where have i heard that before?...