Isolate

 

We yearn for connection, yet isolate ourselves. We seek

love, but fear loss. we dream for someday, instead of trying

for today. We want change, but don't want to change. We 

over-consume, then wonder why there's no space to create.

We love the ocean, yet buy plastic. We advocate for

education, then bury our students in loans. We want health,

but for a price. we believe in equality, but struggle to

bridge the gap of inequality. We ask for better leaders, but

don't think to lead. We wish for a better world, but not at

the cost of comfort and convenience. there's a disconnect

here. And it's not any one persons fault. The world is made

up of both beauty and brokenness. Most of the time, I

believe we have our hearts in the right place. The problem

is how overwhelming it all seems, but change is made up of

small moments. Change happens when we have been hurt,

but choose not to act from our hurt. Change happens when

we see someone who seems upset, and ask how we can

support them. Change happens when we don't pretend to

have all the answers, but are willing to ask the

uncomfortable questions. The truth is, if we knew the

whole story behind everyone's actions, we would see why

they are the way they are. And it doesn't excuse it, but

compassion is the birthplace of change.