When Do You Start Caring?

Have you ever had that time when you find out from your doctor that you've got a poor eyesight, or you have a skin allergy over a specific food, or you find out that you have a problem with your kidney - and after finding out any of these, that's when you start caring for your health? Have you notice that we only start paying a closer attention to our health when there's already something wrong with it? 

Some only stopped drinking alcohol or stopped smoking when they found out that there's something wrong with their lungs or liver. You start treating yourself better, you become conscious of what you eat or drink to elongate your health - and life. But what about this - what do you think happens when people find out that you're sick? Not sick like fever or cough or colds, but the kind where the doctor would tell you how long you can only last.

I guess it's the same reaction. Some people just start caring for you when they find out that you're dying. They treat you nicer. They spoil you with food, or time. They start apologizing to you when they have wronged you in the past. Why does it have to be that way? Why do we need to be sick or dying before people can actually treat us better? Is that sympathy? Or they just want to make sure they have a clear conscience before we die? Or to make sure they weren't too late?

I don't know. But what if our lives were took unexpectedly or untimely. Wouldn't it be too late to care then? Waiiiiiiiit - wasn't I too serious with my questions? Hahahaha! It's just out of curiosity don't worry, I'm not dying, yet. 

But let me go back to my first question, which is the title of course - When do we start caring? As for me, I've always cared for the people I love, my family, and other people that were tenderly close to me. I don't think that's a challenge for me though. I just hope it's the same for the rest of you out there. Life is short, I know you hear this a million times but really, life is so short. You'll never know that you're almost at the end. 

As for me, I'm learning that lesson now, and day by day I'm still figuring out on how to live my days with no regrets. So go tell your parents, your siblings, your loved ones how much you love them. Care for them, not just on their dying days but every single day. Forgive, and hold on to your faith that better days are coming. Because yes, better days are really coming. 😇😇