Emotional Cave People: WAKE UP!

Society, this world, is made so crazy by all of it's minions.... you, me, he, she... We all wander the streets in search of something more – like ants on some arbitrary expedition to find the next big meal. The emotional rocks and river valleys of our existence only further the insanity by rendering each of us more and more different from the next individual we meet. Yet, we've been thrown into this fishbowl the we call a planet and are supposed to get along. It's humorous how many calls for world peace I can see or hear on the television or radio -- yet I can walk down the street or talk with a group and see so much disconnect. How can we ever expect everyone in this world to get along when we can't even be empathetic humans to each other in our own backyard? Respect and decency are traits that seem to be caught in the last bit of dirty, soap foamed bath water that is spiraling its way down the shower drain of our culture. Hell, maybe it always was that way... I don't know. I do know this... empathy is surely on its home stretch -- riding on the backs of those other traits. Few have this amazing ability anymore. The insanity of this is that empathetic emotional exchange is such a simple thing. All one has to do is listen to another. Talk to someone... pick up on their deepest feelings... or merely the ones right on the surface... and, for fuck's sake, don't use them for your own benefit. It is scary how often this ability is overlooked, never learned, or even abused. Empathy is how we get into each others hearts and souls. Without it, we might as well be half-robots that constantly barrage one another with deep emotional wounds. It is our choice whether we inflict any level of emotional trauma on someone in our lives. Yet, so many play it off like they have no understanding of what it is that they might have said... or done... We are all human. We know what ruffles our own feathers. And, with just a touch of empathy.... we can prevent ourselves from unjustifiably hurting others. Think before you act. Feel, appreciate, respect, understand.... In another word... EMPATHIZE...