The Dead Dog

I saw something so sad yesterday.

I was driving to some coffee shop and I stopped at a red light. At the intersection in front of me, I saw this dog walking so slow, like it may have been injured, or was just really old. I felt bad, I wanted to feed it some of the Double Cheeseburges I had. I didnt know what I could do, so when the light turned green, I just drove off.

Not to far down the road, I saw another dog dead in the lane next to me. Must have gotten hit by a car. And then I realized that the other doggie was sad, because he just lost a friend. I dont know why, but this whole transaction really upset me. Of course its sad, but it made me think of a lot of things.

One, what could I have done? Honestly, not to much. When I saw the first dog, the sad one, I just wanted to feed him, and pet him, make him feel loved. But I did nothing. And then when I saw the dead dog, and realized that the other doggie was sad because of this, I again did nothing.

It makes me think of how I walk through this life. I see a lot of things that hurt me so bad. When I hear stories of abused children, I get so sad, but I do nothing. I almost dont want to hear these stories or see any of the real life events, because it hurts to bad. I dwell on it for to long. But by turning a blind eye to the world around, I am doing no good. I was given such a caring heart, that even cares for sad dogs on the streets and yet I let it go to waste. I hide from the "saddness" in the world and do nothing to help. And thats wrong.

I guess I realize I need to get over that shit and stop wasting my hearts tears. Theres so much I could be doing, with children, the homeless, even friends, and yet I do nothing. I really hope I can learn from this situation and stop being such a waste of space towards it. Im not saying Im going to join the Peace Corps or anything... Lord knows I wont do that, but I can definately help the world before me. Theres so much to be done.