Complain

Complain!

I finally realized that I have to stop complaining about my situation
There are people worldwide going through worse than I can imagine
So why should I grumble,
Why do we complain when all we have such petty problems?
Do we not realize that there are people with
real issues all around waiting for us to take notice and do something?
A boy worries about his next football game
While another worries about his new born baby
A girl wonders if her closet is well updated
While another wonders if the clothes she found in the garbage outside some apartment building
Are going to last her for the next 6 months or so
I know it’s not our fault that we are blind to all that is around us
But sometimes I wish we could see that everyone has problems

While one father worries that the new toys he bought for his kids are not enough
Another fears that the few bits and pieces of food he gave his starving kids are inadequate
And while one five year old worries about losing his new toy
Another worries about losing his life to AIDs
While one 14-year-old worries about playing with water guns and his play station 2
Another worries about shooting another man before they shoot him
Its not our fault that everyone isn’t as fortunate but isn’t it our fault that we don’t try to help?

We see it in the papers everyday or on the television
But all we say is “How I wish I could help. I feel so sad for them”
Do we really care?
When a mother loses a five-month baby because she wasn’t able to feed her
Do we care?
When a father, who is probably smarter than most of the men you’ll do business with,
is selling tomatoes at the side of the road and goes night after night without food
Just so his family can have something to eat, that they can live one more day
Do we care?
I wish I could say yes, but I just don’t know
But still I wonder why we complain about such inconsequential things
when there are real issues around the world that need our attention.