Archive for July, 2006

A Difference to this World

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

What’s
happening to the world? In the last few years, lots of natural disasters have
been occurring all around the world. Tsunamis, tornados, earthquakes, hurricanes,
floods, and volcanic eruptions, it’s almost as if it’s never
ending. Have these been occurring that often before? Or was I just so dense, so ignorance and
live in my own little world that I never realized how many of those things
happened? And if that’s not enough, there are wars, tensions and all
sorts of violence happening lately. Have I been taking nature for granted all these times that I didn’t even realize these kinds of things before?

 

Now
I am beginning to wonder, who am I in this world? What role do I have in this world? I
feel so small, as if I’m just a tiny dust particle in the air. What can I
do? What kind of a person should I be to make a difference?

 

For
a moment I thought I was being too ignorance, too naïve, living in my own
little world, thinking only about this small space around me along with only the
people I care about, the people I meet, the ones I love and the ones I interact
with. I thought I was being naïve after realizing that much more things are happening
in the world and have done nothing about it. But then again, am I not actually
being naïve thinking that I can actually make an actual impact to what’s
happening to the world, about thinking that I can make a difference to the
world?

 

I am not so sure anymore which one is more naïve than the other. I do not know
what role I have in this world; I do not know what kind of impact I can make.
All I do know is the person that I want to become, not even knowing whether
that can make a difference or not. I want to be a person who can keep my love
ones smile, even if that includes making a fool of my self. I want to be a
person who can support and be the strength of those that I care. I want to be a
person that can make a stranger feel better about today, even if it’s
just a little bit. I want to be a person who always comfort wounded friends,
who is always available and always around for a friend. I want to be a person
who others can trust and always know that I am telling the truth. I want to be
a person who never gives up on hopes, and will keep on loving those that I
care. And I want to be a person that can take friends not because of their
greatness, but because of their weaknesses.

 

Yeah,
to be honest, I do think I am that naïve and I am that selfish. All I think
about are still the things that I want to do most, with very little
consideration about the world. The one I care most is getting the
“world” around me better, though that “world” really is
just a small tiny little place around me. But would it be possible that even
the tinniest thing I do can make a difference? I think I’ll keep aiming to
become the person I want to be, living my life with no regrets, and maybe eventually
I will do something right that can really make a change for the better.

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