Care

Here's the problem I have with today's society:

It goes something like this:

You can't take my being sarcastic.
You get all hurt and what not.
I'm just being real and honest.
If you can't take it, that's your problem.
I don't care what you think
I don't like fake people.
I like to be real and tell it like it is.
You need to toughen up.
It's a bad world out there.
and what we want to say
we need to say
because we can
and we will
regardless of how it affects someone, right?


But here's what I have to say about all that:

maybe it would be nice if people did care?
about hurting other people's feelings?
how about holding back?
and not blurting out?
how about refraining?
because you care about other people's feelings
for a change.
It takes more strength to care about others.
doesn't it?

It takes more strength to not blurt out the first
thing that comes to mind and to stop and think
how it might affect someone else, doesn't it?

Maybe it's time to start caring about
other people's feelings?

cause we're only human

I wonder when people
will start to care enough
about each other

to "not say".

When you care about others
it sometimes means "pausing".

I believe that
"freedom of speech"
should include
"freedom of thought".

Cause words can tear apart
what took a lifetime to build
and sometimes words can tear apart
someone who does not want to live

Hate never brings about love
Hate never inspires anyone
Hate never encourages anyone

The purpose of life
is to love, inspire and encourage
each of us to be the best we can be.

Caring is priceless.