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I wake up with the snooze button,
get dressed quickly,
and run out the door.

I go to work and sit at a cubicle
for eight long hours.

I drive home,
cook the same dinner every night,
and sit mindlessly in front
of the television until my eyes close.

Then I go to sleep
only to repeat the process tomorrow.

But all these little routines
mean nothing
in the grand scheme of things.

I feel like I am not doing anything
substansial with my life
as the years pass me by.

I watch the world
through my window
and wonder if I can do anything.

I see on the news-
all the hungry, the poor,
illness spreading.

But what I can do
from my living room?

I complain of busyness,
but I don't really have
anything stopping me
from changing the world.

I just have to stop the routine,
and I can start affecting
this planet for good
right outside my doorstep.