Once again doom and gloom are all over the headlines and Armageddon seems certain. Iran wants the bomb, Israel has it, Earthquakes, Hurricanes, and Rising Temperatures Oh My! The time is near, the time is here, the time is right. Maybe I should take this all a bit more seriously, maybe the end has arrived, maybe I'll wake up tomorrow and star in my own "Left Behind" Saga. Maybe we should all be a bit more concerned about right now and what we will do with it then what may or may not happen tomorrow, or 2012 or at any time predicted by the enlightened purveyors of conspiracy. Let me be clear that I'm not trying to make light of religion or any belief, however I do think its time to face reality. We are all still here. The end of the world has come and gone a hundred times over and yet we are still here. Since we're still here how about we start doing something to make things a little better on this floating mud ball called earth. Maybe we'll even have a little fun, make a few friends and just maybe live this thing called life instead of filling our days with worry and woe.

A Terrible Thing Called Fear

Have you ever been afraid of something? You know that feeling that holds you back from doing things you should or maybe even want to, the one that keeps you in regret and mad at yourself for years to come, that's called fear. Unfortunately these days it seems that people all over the world are allowing this emotion to cloud their judgment, to blind their eyes, and sadly rule their lives. What's really and truly sad is most don't even realize what's happening. They call it good sense, or realism, or being prepared. They debate their fear online in forums, laughing at those who don't share their "Wisdom and Experience" they stock up on ammo and food, they wall themselves off from the world. At first its not a physical isolation, but a mental one. They start taking stock of who's who, and who believes in what. They see enemies where before there were only variety and difference of opinion. Labels become by words for "I don't Like you." States of mind become rallying cries for hate and discrimination. It becomes acceptable to be a bigot and hypocrite.

We are all Hypocrites.

I am a hypocrite worse then some. So are you, we all are. We all see whats going on in the world. We see the degeneration of morality, civility, and basic goodness. This whole world is standing by while it tears itself apart, content to plead ignorance and innocence to mass murder. Only the things we're killing is ourselves, our souls, our hearts. We are allowing hope to be slaughtered wholesale while we swallow promises we know to be lies, in the name of change, and progress. We are all guilty of murder.

I whine and complain, I pretend disgust and frustration with a world I see to be out of control. I throw up my hands in anger and consternation at a nation full of liars, and hypocrites and I am the biggest one. It's easier though to point the finger at others. I point the finger at Obama, the Fed, The UN, The Forums, Communist plots, Capitalist Greed, The Boogeyman, Darth Vadar, and The Evil Empire. I shout my anger at the judge who sentenced me, the girl who spurned me, and the world that treats me so unfairly. I shake my fist at God, and dare him to show himself, and atone for his broken promises. I give the finger to Islam and their twisted fanaticism, I tell the Conservatives to bite me, and the Liberals to get a clue, and all in all the world can kiss my angry white ass.

It solves nothing. When I go to bed I am still mad and the world will still end one day. That's the point all this worrying this blaming this complaining bickering and lying is pointless. What if the world was going to end tomorrow, then what? Do we think we could stop it? Do we think we could pray it away? Would this information, this Revelation really change anything at all? Some of us might have a last minute change of heart, but only out of fear. The real issue is that you are who you are, not who you claim to be, but who you show yourself to be. The whole reality is for a lot of us we are jerks, hateful selfish people who have spent a lifetime being cruel. Now we're afraid. Staring at the loaded gun of fate we are peeing ourselves, asking the big what if.

Stop being a Hypocrite

We need to stop focusing on who we were and have been. We need to stop worrying about where we'll go and start spending a little more time looking at where we are. I don't care if you pray to God, Allah, Pac-man or the Sun, you are here. You are part of this world. I'm not saying screw it lets have fun and enjoy it while it lasts. I'm saying what you do everyday with the time you have left to you will echo on in the next life, whatever that may be. The world may end, and we may die, all the more reason to decide to do something today. It's time for all of us, you and me, hubbers, bloggers, mothers fathers, brothers and sisters, to do something. Liberal, Conservative, Christian, Muslim, Jew, and Atheist, all of you are still here and while you are how good this here is, is in your hands.

I'm not saying we should join hands around the campfire and sing. I'm saying its time to shut up, and just stop. Stop with the worrying, the whining, the nay-saying and criticism.We Americans have an interesting habit, in that we all seem to know what the problem is but have little interest in fixing it ourselves. I don't care what your political ideology is they all share the same affliction of someone else will fix it. Some want the government to do it, some want to be left alone and let every else do it. Some are just mad at the world because they've finally realized this horrible, unfair life has been their own doing.

My life, the unemployment, the desperation, the conviction, and loneliness are a tough break to be sure. It may not be fair, or right, or maybe I deserve what I have, but one way or the other there's no escaping the truth that my life right now is the culmination of years of bad choices and easy ways out. I tell you right now with all certainty where I am right now, could have been avoided. All of us could have steered our lives to a different course. Sometimes we were tired and wanted the easy way, sometimes we were in a rush, or unsure, or not aware off the options. However for most of us, where we are now is where we chose to be either through decision or lack there of.

Now we come to another choice, what will you do about it? If the world ends soon are you content with your life so far? Have you done enough, said enough, loved enough? Have you lived the life you wanted? If not isn't it about time? See the real question is not will the world end or when but has your life even begun? Let me clue you into a fact that you will never hear or see advertised. If the world ends tonight there is nothing you can do to stop it. You can't stop the earthquakes, the Asteroids, the fires, Tidal Waves, or even God. Once a nuclear War starts who started it won't matter. Who was wrong won't matter. Nothing will matter because you will be gone. What you don't know is even in the event of a limited nuclear strike by any nation the fall out and radiation would circle the world in a few hours.

Nothing Else Matters

Your political beliefs do not matter. None of this supposed intelligent conversation matters. All that does is that you have a life and need to start living it. There are so many scenarios we can not stop or avoid, but some we can, and we start by looking at ourselves and how we can make our lives better, and by extension the world around us. You want to change the world then convince everyone to become the best person they can and you will see worlds change overnight. You may feel you need to be informed, or that you're in the know, or that you've arrived and earned your spot in the line in heaven or even hell. All you're really doing with your waiting, philosophizing, and debating is wasting time, and wasting life, and that is all that really matters. You can not buy your way into Heaven, how you lived your life day to day will see you judged for what you did with it. While there is still time left, even one second I will live, I will keep trying to make the best of it. Instead of crying about how horrible it all is and praying for a God to come clean up my mess for me and make things better, I'm going to fight for a better future and life for my kids.I'm going to do something about it. All you others can sit and wait to die.