Check Yourself

In that moment when you wish to point out

their frivolities, give pause,

take a look in a mirror

check yourself.

When in a single afternoon you decide to whine

about your ‘state of things’

without thinking,

check yourself.

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How often do you encounter another

without regard for their lives

not knowing

not understanding

not caring

about something they endure

that you haven’t any idea.

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Do we only show compassion when there

are gains, bonuses, attributes

that fuel our own passions.

Certainly not everyone but the majority

of our lives are driven by the very

human nature

of who we are, or who we may believe

we might be

on any given day.

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Check yourselves

for the next time you try to understand

just know

others have been putting in effort

long before  your smiling face

seemed to carry any demand.