One Day Your Life Will Change For Eternity

You sit there in your favourite chair,
Unconcerned of the suffering in the world,
Smugly enclosed between four walls.
You feel safe from life’s harsh realities
As you watch the latest news on television
And see pictures of death, famine and destruction.
You’re pleased the suffering is thousands of miles away
And has no effect on your daily life.
You pick up the remote control and quickly flick to another channel.
You find the news too depressing and cannot believe there is so much suffering in the world.
You spend the rest of the evening watching a film
And are too absorbed to think about other’s suffering.
You live your life in a world of familiarity and wallowing in the depths of complacency.
But one day your life will change for eternity.