Open your eyes

To be honest I haven't felt like writing in a while, in fact I don't really feel like writing right now, to be fair, I don't really feel like doing anything but lounging around with a BBQ and some house soaking up this delightful sunny spell that has mysteriously occurred in the UK. But and I've said countless times before, I know how awful it is to start a sentence with the word but, but, in my job, I am reminded every single day of the millions of people around this world who don't have the luxury of these options and that thought follows me closer than my shadow does at midday. You can't let it destroy you, although its hard not to when you hear such gruesome tales that you wish with all your might are a script for a new horror movie but you know deep down its all true, it's even harder when you realise as you are reading this, all of those nightmares are somebody else's reality right now.

We need to be doing more for each other.

Our whole lives we have been taught to distance ourselves from others and gravitate towards things we don't need, what an error. That focus! That effort! That voice in the back of your head, goes on everything apart from the people around us, there are a few, myself not included, who are completely selfless and not nearly recognized enough for it, not that they do it for the recognition, but most of us, myself included, do not do enough when it comes to the people around us.

I've realised this in recent weeks and it has made me look at life very differently, those things that once seemed so important... well, they're gone, I couldn't even remember them to tell you. I'm not trying to make you feel bad, I'm not some super peaceful person with a problem with corporations and an obsession with conspiracies and all that nonsense, I don't want you to jump on some bandwagon and go against everything you know or your own beliefs, like I said from the start I'm real, I'm honest, I love where I'm from and I am often guilty of wishing for more than I need, however, we do not know enough about what is happening in the world around us and things are not okay for a lot of people right now, we need to be educating ourselves more and inspiring ourselves to do more.

On that note, I have a really cliche but relevant question.

When was the last time you put your all into doing something to benefit someone else?

Don't look at me... I'm and fundraiser and I can't safely say and the end of each day I've done absolutely everything I could to help someone else, I could say I feel like I have, but I know in the back of my head I could have done more with the conversation I had.

Too many of us are 'not interested' in the world around us, too many of us feel were 'doing our bit' when really were not doing that much and finally too many of us believe it is 'not our responsibility' and that we 'shouldn't have to fix it'.

One final question, why wouldn't you want to?