There’s so many people that are living their lives while being labeled as a great or good person, but are they? News flash just feeding and housing your family that you helped create does not make one a great human being. It’s the bare least that should be done for the earlier choices made, oh, and it’s required by law. Being an excellent employee for doing the job that you are paid to do is great. (That’s not the same as going over and beyond the call of duty putting one-self at risk for the assistance of another life).

What I’m talking about are those that skate by with titles they haven’t earned; for instance, family, friend, bestie, boyfriend, girlfriend… Beyond the parents, none of us made deals to be in our families; so if you get along with them, great, but none of us owe our families unlike the guilt trips that many put out.

Though for the others, there’s a clear choice being made. It’s easy to get distracted by a funny sequence or a majestical location temporarily. What I’m referring to are those moments where a second set of eyes or ears can help a life from something regrettable and dangerous.

For instance, after hanging out and having drinks one or two are feeling tipsy, someone needs to get home to their family, prepare for school or work early morning; but one in the group insists on another round of drinks. (Do they have your best interest)? People who know of a family member, co-worker, or neighbor who has constantly made racial remarks. (Do you say nothing)? There’s a person being sexually harassed male or female. (Are you okay? Do you want to report it together)?

Those are just a handful of examples that take place every day. The point is that many unnecessary recipients deal with ignorance when so much is stopped by saying I see you. Many people choose to close their eyes and ears, becoming an accomplice due to selfishness or fear. But the odds are that if you had a relationship with that person, you too would be wildly offended. So next time something inappropriate happens within your purview or ears think what if it was: a child, my mother, father, sister, brother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, colleague, mentor, the innocent…

If you are only willing to help or acknowledge a person in need when you have a relationship with them; then why should you expect another person to do any more for someone they don’t know or barely know? Why would a person believe they’re any better than the person doing the bad deed? I would say that person is worse because there was a clear choice made to help the wrong actor. Is there really a bad time to do what is considered right or a good deed? Or maybe the time to do the right thing has always been and is now this very moment. Oh, and guess what it’s free!

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