The Mayans had predicted that the world is going to end by December 2012. How it would happen, no one really knows, not even the Mayans. But the thought of end-of-world as we know it seem to fascinate a lot of people and some take it to the extreme it's becoming annoying.

So what if the world is to end by then? Would our freaking out and paranoia do anything?

I guess not.

To other people, the world had long ended long before the predicted time has even come. Heartaches had mean the end of the world to a few people I know. Not graduating college on time meant the end of the world to my former classmates. Getting pregnant and getting someone pregnant had been the end of the world to some of my closest friends.

So you see - the end of the world happens every day. It shouldn't cause any commotion at all. If we die, we die. There is no fighting it. We're all heading that way anyway.

I'm not saying this because I'm a pessimist. But I have long come to accept that there is no escaping death. I know the religious aspect of it and I'm not going to touch that. Reality is we can only fight so much but the end result is the same.

Instead of making a big fuzz about 2012, why not pay closer attention to what is happening at the moment.

If a pervert hurts a child, it should mean the end of the world to us.
If a drug pusher sells drugs to schools, it should mean the end of the world to us.
If parents hurt their children, or children hurt their parents, it should mean the end of the world to us.
If police are not doing their job or the government is failing its people, it should mean the end of the world to us.
If we fail to say good morning every day, it should mean the end of the world to us.
When someone fails to do a good dead, it should mean the end of the world to us.

Let's not wait for a catastrophe or calamity to strike long before we tell ourselves that the world is ending. The world had been heading to harm’s way a long time ago. It has been on the road of destruction more than we can remember. Let's all stop acting like children and start making changes.

And something as small as candy wrappers on the street should mean the end of the world to us.
Just because it's too small of a commotion doesn't mean it shouldn’t be noticed.