No excuses

There’s a song I like 

Called “la bamba”

I sing it to myself when I’m starting to get a headache in hot yoga

We’ll technically I sing it to my pain

And it generally helps

Then I started to analyze the song

And I got to figure 

We are all captains of our life

Captains of our heart

Captains of our experiences

And it is only the illusion that we are not

That lets people justify war

And other such atrocities

The illusion of there being a justification

But there are no excuses in life

There is only what you do

And what you don’t do

Not on my watch

today

On my way home from the gym

I saw a man

And instinctively I sensed something off

He was dressed adequately enough for the day and time

Clean

But it was the shift

The slow walk

The way he looked around

I felt he was getting ready to jump off the bridge

I watched him

He saw me watching him

And his whole body shifted

He began to walk

Purposely almost

Off the bridge

Going the opposite way in traffic

I couldn’t see much as I drove away

But I sensed (correctly I hope) that it had been handled

That at least not today

Not then

Not on my watch

Did it happen

And I was satisfied with that

I can not tell you how many times

I to have been helped in life

Too many to recall honestly

And for them

Strangers

Fellow humans

I am incredibly thankful

I wish we could all take that stance

Not in “enforcing” our own agenda

But just in helping people

How and when they actually need help

Helping the world

It can be something as simple as....

Hey litter.....not on my watch. Lol

Or something as monumental as saving a life

The opportunities are there

Everywhere

Always

Just open your hearts

And you’ll see them

Truly transformative

You’ll see!