Within Myself

I am capable of more than something, but I feel lazy and unimportant, of little consequence
      but that feeling is unhealthy and untrue
      but before I can achieve more than something I must first rid myself of the toxic waste of untrue feelings rooted in the evil that surrounds us

I must cleanse my own body, heart, mind, and soul before I can actively and effectively achieve more than something
That something, that more than something, is cleansing the world of hatred and indifference.
       But how can I possibly strive to save any portion of the world, if a part of me hates any portion of myself?
       How can I strive to make a difference, if indifference finds a complacent home within any portion of myself?

"The unexamined life is not worth living"

It begins and ends within me.

I cannot radiate hope and life and acceptance, if within I fear and wish for death and deny myself.
And even if I never properly strive or achieve that something more; so long as I spend my time properly striving to know myself and to loving and accepting myself, then have I not achieved at least some ounce of success in my lifetime?

Have I not already achieved success in my mere, unique existence? I have traveled light years to make my way here to earth.
I have already transformed from one intense and awe-inspiring being into the next, and even after my human being comes to an end, I will continue to transform into yet another being--one with this earth.

From atoms of hydrogen to helium, into carbon, into nitrogen, etc.
At this stage, human beings can only see what stage comes just after. We are not capable of seeing much further in either direction, but we can imagine the countless stages invisible to our human eyes and minds.

"Life will be a party for you, a grand festival, because life is the moment we're living right now" -Paulo Coelho (The Alchemist)

Be present. Live not in your future nor your past.
Things change constantly from elements around them, but they are inevitably the same as they have always been.