DOES IT MATTER?The number of people who are sad, depressed and have health problems, tell me that many live in worlds of control and negative thoughts and actions.
DOES IT MATTER?
The number of people who blame, whine and complain are many times the same ones who put off action on a daily basis because of mistrust and the fear to try.
DOES IT MATTER?
The many who have been hurt before and are now trapped in the cages they have constructed from their fears and inability to trust and believe, sit and painfully watch time pass them by.
DOES IT MATTER?
If it matters to you, it matters, if it doesn't matter to you, it matters, for the games you play in your mind, and the denying won't erase the pain.
The many who are unhappy in their relationships, and feel they are not worthy of or deserve love and are afraid to do anything, except settle and suffer.
DOES IT MATTER?
The many who allow themselves to be controlled, used or abused, who believe what they are told, and are afraid to use their own minds, and are always listening to what "they" say.
DOES IT MATTER?
The number of people who are overweight tells me how many are bored, unhappy and not doing what they would enjoy doing with their lives.
DOES IT MATTER?
All that affects YOU matters, if it keeps you down, if it keeps you controlled, if it makes you feel small.
The number of people who suffer financially, and that have no self respect, and have allowed their self esteem to be shattered, and are frozen in neutral by their own fears and doubts.
DOES IT MATTER?
The numbers who can't believe, and don't trust, who are "cautious" to the point of sadness, who are sure the world is out to "get" them, who accuse their "friends" of trying to hurt them.
DOES IT MATTER?
The numbers living in denial of the above, with their "masks," their "pretty friends," the ones who will always agree with everything they say, and who spend their time doing simple things, while caught in pettiness.
DOES IT MATTER?
This is the world where we all live, and the future of our world is being shaped each moment, by what is felt, thought and acted upon today. Many have no idea and don't care, others don't see it as "their" concern.
The children in our lives learn from us, and as we influence them, they will take THIS forward and teach and re-teach, therefore it SHOULD matter, that we attempt to bring happiness to the people whom we can touch.
Written by:
Ed Kassirer
August 12, 2001[Home] [Letters] [Poem Index]