Be. Aware. Of. Your. Surroundings.

When I was a little kid, my parents always always told me to BE AWARE OF MY SURROUNDINGS. After all, I walked to elementary school from my house. And even though you could literally see the school from my kitchen, a lot could happen during that walk. When I went to middle school and high school in the city it was OMG BE SUPER AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS OMG OMG. College 500 miles away? Even more OMG BE AWARE!!!

I imagine that this is similar to what most parents instilled into their children. After all, no one wants their child being snatched or falling into an abandoned well ( a la Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins, Christian Bale era). Yet it seems that once people hit their mid twenties and are commuting to their daily grind, they've all but forgotten to BE AWARE.

Never was this more apparent to me than this morning. After my morning commute on the train (no headphones, just reading a book), I popped into Marvelous Market for a coffee on my way to work. The gentleman next to me at the coffee counter was milk/sugaring his coffee, but with massive, noise canceling headphones on. When he turned to leave, he had the WHOLE MILK hooked onto his headphone cord such that it swung the milk around, spilling it all over my marvelous market (I don't even touch whole milk at the grocery store. Imagine my terror in thinking it might actually come into contact with my skin or clothes)!! This terrible mess could've all been avoided had he just taken his headphones off and BEEN AWARE.

Friends, Romans, Sugars I too like to lose myself in the uplifting beats of One Direction once in awhile. But recognize when you have to BE AWARE.