CARE

Care for yourself as much as you care for others. If you care enough to do something about another's pain and suffering, care enough to do something about your own. Care whether she's had a rotten day, and care enough to tell her so. Care enough to speak up when someone fouls your planet. Care about the old, the young, the sick, and insist that your elected officials care, too. Care lovingly for your belongings so they will last longer. Care lovingly for your friendships so they will last a lifetime. Care whether you get the worst table in a restaurant. Care whether your new jacket rips a week after you bought it. Make sure the store cares, too. Care whether there are still wild, sacred places you can visit in silence. Care whether the movie includes thirty-four murders and seven rapes, and demand that Hollywood care, too. Care that babies are having babies and that babies are killing babies. Whenever you say I don't care, ask yourself If not me, then who?