Make A Difference

I have been thinking quite a lot lately about why I'm here and what I can do to make the world a better place. I really would like to do almost every good thing sometime, because I am so incredibly excited about how many things there are to do in this life. However, I have finally managed to narrow it down to a few things I want to do most.

I want to be a journalist. I want to write about and photograph the world. I want to help people be aware of the bad things in life so they can get better. I want to show everybody the good things to prove that the world is worth fighting for. I want to elevate humanity and help us all live on a higher plane through awareness of the truth.

I want to be a good daughter. My parents have given me so much, and I need to help them in return. I love them. I really do.

I want to build a beautiful marriage. I want to marry a man who is not perfect, but whom I can respect and truly love. We will work together and support each other in everything. Sometimes my husband and I will disagree and get mad. But we will work things out. Because we are worth it.

I want to create music. Music changes people. It speaks to people on a fundamental level, past borders of language and nationality. I want my music to show people that they are not alone. I want it to comfort the lonely and challenge the complacent.

I want to be a mother. I want to prepare my children to be tender and strong in the world and to cheerfully go through everything that life has to offer. I want to love them so dearly.

I want to teach. There is so, so much to learn and I want to help everybody to learn as much as they can so they can build the world positively. I want to help light the fire that inspires people to continue grappling with even the most difficult concepts. I want to watch as my students make connections and discover new things and improve their own lives. I want to watch my students become leaders who take the initiative to solve problems.

 I want to be a friend. Everybody I have ever met is so sad in some ways, and I so earnestly want to fix them. I fail at this more often than I would like, but I want to improve. The world is in need of true friends. I need to be a better, kinder, more understanding person so I can make a difference in somebody's life.

I want to be a good sister. I want to be a good aunt. I want to be a good niece. I want to be a good person.

There is so much I can do. There's so much you can do. Really. I have absolute faith in the ability of each individual to be a force for good in some way. This doesn't mean you have to be a prominent world leader who eventually finds the secret to world peace and makes everybody have a happy life. No, this just means that it is your responsibility to find where you are needed and then do your best to be there. You are important. You are needed.