Today I watched, not for the first time, a person walking through the grocery store parking lot down the middle while looking at their phone. Why doesn't anyone see the danger they put themselves in? I realize that there alot of bad or evil people on the planet but this is different. The danger comes from everyone else who is also distracted. No one cares about anything except their own needs so why do you expect others to give you a safe berth? Its ludicrous to walk through life distracted and not expect others to do the same. Humans love to lay blame, as if blaming someone stops bad things from happening. Our laws do NOT stop crimes, they just give us the power to punish and through that action becomes a deterrent but the law it self wont stop bad things.
If you only care for yourself then take the time to be aware of your surroundings, because at the end of the day the only one who cares about you is you so leaving your fate up to others doing the right thing then you are just a fool. If you happen to be laying there in a pool of your own blood... take the time to see how you put yourself in that situation. You may find a hundred people or circumstances to blame on your predicament but that blame wont heal your wounds. The best way to recover is not to be injured in the first place. Remember the most relevant tool you have, actually the only tool, to avoid bad circumstances is your own awareness.
My very first Martial Arts instructor I had at the age of 14 once said, "The only guaranteed way to win a fight, is to NOT be in one". If you feel that you are or should live forever (or by reality just can't imagine anything will happen to you) then pay attention. Most situations can be avoided but you have to make the effort, no one else will.
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