You can only control You

I love the ideal world that I know some people live in in their heads where everyone can win and no one can ever lose and no one is ever going to suffer again because human suffering is the bane of our existence and we need to fix it all (joke was in there on purpose thank you). I really wish I could live in that world too. Except, in that world, humans will eventually over populate the earth and destroy our ecosystems by causing a lack of resources not only for EVERYTHING THE HELL ELSE but also US. Yeah. I really wish Famine, war, death, destruction and disease weren't a thing. I really wish Kids weren't starving in Africa, and that the media would stop crying about it and actually do something about it. I wish people weren't justifying dumping oil and all kinds of things. But you know what? they are. The world is a terrible place. Humans are terrible creatures. But you know what else? You don't have to be one. You don't have to be racist or dump oil in the ocean, you don't have to starve kids in Africa or hunt or do w/e makes you uncomfortable. But you shouldn't force others to go out of their way to make others comfortable either. In this world you get one life. One chance. Leave the mark you want to leave on it. If you want tattoos and your high alcohol tolerance to be the mark you leave. go for it. If you want to make a difference and try and save thousands of lives. Go for it. Try and come up with something Ecological. Do your thing. Stop judging others. The worst crime humans commit on this earth, weather they are activists or lazy af like myself, is judging others. Activists judge just as much as anyone else and don't say they don't. They judge others for not doing enough, not caring enough, not being involved enough. While the rest of us who don't really care judge others for doing too much, not understanding us, forcing their crap down our throats. Then you have the other extreme where they are doing WAY TO MUCH BAD STUFF. And yeah. we judge them too. Because seriously? Chill... No need to be racist, dump oil in oceans, starve kids in Africa. Chill. Everyone. Just needs to chill. Some more than others. If you ever find yourself sitting there hating someone because they do something or don't do something. Just remember, You can change yourself. Not them. You can't control what the people around you do. The more you try the more unhappy you make everyone else, and yourself. You can only control your own actions, your own emotions, and your own involvement in the planet. When I was playing sports my mother used to tell me that I shouldn't hate on my teammates, because I flipping hated most of them most of the time. They would blame me for everything, turn around and yell at me for mistakes they made and never take the blame. SO I would turn around and do it back. Then my mom sat me down. And she flat out told me 'If you keep blaming them for everything. You can't change a thing. You tell them to fix it, and if they don't, it's not going to change. However, if you take responsibility, and you decide to fix it. It will change. You can only control you. So do it. Take responsibility.' That is one of the best things I've ever heard. 
The rant started a bit weird sorry about that. But I hope all my friends are remembering, that they can only take charge of them. Remember, be the change you want to see. Because you are only able to do so much, start with yourself.