Yes, it is our responsibility to create a better world. We all want to make the world a better place to live, both for ourselves and for future generations,
However, the problems of the world often can't be solved that quickly or easily. For one thing, they are just simply too big. For another, they involve far too many people. And some of them are just plain difficult to figure out in terms of saving a whole world from whatever the problem at hand may be. So, can we afford to create a better world?
You often hear people talking about how one person can't really make a difference in this world. The old phrase is, "You can't fight city hall!" And that same attitude applies very often to the problems we see in the world. It's all too easy to be upset by them, but to convince ourselves that one person just cannot fix whatever it may be. And one person can't fix the whole world and the mess it seems to be in sometimes.
However, one person can indeed make a difference. All you have to do is think about it. The world is composed of an infinite number of human beings, and we all have the ability to help. It sounds impossible, I know, when you first hear it. But think about it for a bit.
If you saw your neighbor starving because they couldn't afford to buy food, what would you do? Would you sit by and let them starve? Or would you do whatever you could to see that they got the food they needed until they were able to provide it again for themselves? Would you cook enough extra for them yourself, as you prepare to feed your own family? Or maybe discuss the need with an organization you belong to, and make plans for each member to take a turn helping out with meals? Any of these things would help your neighbor have food to eat when they otherwise might not.
What about all the domestic violence that we hear is so prevalent in our society today? Suppose you hear the unmistakable sounds of fighting next door, and screams and threats being made? Would you just sit there and turn up your TV louder to drown out unpleasant sounds, or put on your headphones to your Walkman so you didn't have to listen to it? Or would you call the police? Or would you perhaps take the opportunity to slip the phone number of a shelter to the victim of what you suspect is violence when that person is alone and it would be safe to do so? While you are at it, would you also volunteer at that local shelter, or offer to be trained to man a hotline for victims who want out and don't know where to start? Would you make sure that the victim had access to the things they would need to know to help to prepare them for when the time comes that they have to get out to save their lives by making sure they knew where to get that information? Any of these things would help.
If a lake in your town had become an eyesore, and perhaps even a dangerous place, because of individuals and businesses polluting it, would you shake your head in disgust any time you saw it? Or would you gather a group of like-minded citizens together to clean it up? Or would you possibly go to your local government, and find out what regulations might apply to it, and see if there would be a way to get help to clean the debris and chemicals that had been spilled in it cleaned away? Or maybe even go to your local newspaper and ask them to do a story on it, and make people more aware of the problem and potential solutions?
If you can look inside your heart, and find a way to improve any of these situations in your own little corner of the world even just the littlest bit, then you have come a long way in understanding these problems and solving them on a world scale. If each one of us asks ourselves what we can do to help make these things better in our own backyard, and then do everything we can, one day all the backyards of the world are going to meet -- and the problems will have been solved, one at a time.
Let me remind you that, it is very important to create your own petite place in this big world, should be able to stand on your own feet, be independent and dare to speak out your thoughts. We are going to earn nothing with your silence; nothing but mere insults, feeling of worthlessness and a lost feeling. Work hard to achieve your goals, dare to take up sleepless nights to reach that small milestone in your life. But in the process, you must not forego some small things in life that make a huge impact on our everyday lives.
We have to make this world a better place to live in. But, making YOUR OWN world a better place for you is very important too…because, life is to be enjoyed and happiness is very important for all of us. I have the secrets to make YOUR OWN world a better place to live. So, let us see what would it take to make everyday a day of passion, happiness and love?
The most important thing you can do is to engage in positive thoughts. This may be difficult when friends, studies and personal problems are testing your nerves. However, positive thoughts harvest positive outcomes and negative thoughts attract negative outcomes.
Second, stop reading tabloids that talk about how the world is going to end tomorrow or publications that write about how every one is fooling around on each other. Pay attention to your loved ones and validate them with affection and your time daily. Everything will be just fine.
Third, actively filter out the negative stuff you’re exposed to in the media. Crime and drugs happen. Stock values go up down. But more good is happening at any one time that bad. So turn off the tube and plug into positive thought more often. People are much nicer than TV often portrays.
Fourth, monitor your self-talk. Refrain from phrases that are packed with negative energy. Instead, focus on words and phrases in the language that lift the human spirit. These include words like: "Love" "Thank you" "I appreciate you" "Let’s make it better" and "Today’s the beginning a great week."
Fifth, recognize diversity as strength and learn to respect people who may not look or think like you. Always remember that the body is just a shell for the soul; Ugly is only skin deep but beauty is to the soul.
Sixth, love yourself. You are beautiful just the way you are. You don’t need plastic surgery, implants or reductions. You don’t need to starve yourself or take pills or wear certain types of clothes or makeup or drive a certain kind of car. We are defined by our uniqueness. Celebrate who you are, a human being with the ability to act, think and live as you want.
Finally, like the people around you. For e.g.; if you think that I am a bona fide jerk, please find something you like about me and practice the Golden Rule, which asks that we do unto other as we want done unto ourselves. Better still, try the Titanium Rule; it says that we should treat others, as they want to be treated.
If someone makes you angry, focus on their actions and discuss your emotions. Laugh, vent and cry more often. Feelings make us human. Stop looking for ways to blame each other and instead, for ways to assist, teach, motivate and inspire each other.
So why not begin today and try to make your world and this world a better place to live in?? If each of us makes sincere attempts in this direction, then the world is bound to undergo a change, nay a transformation. But alongside, you must remember to work hard for achieving the goals in your life, because without them you'll never be able to satisfy your ego and enhance your self-esteem. It is of utmost importance in life to be able to gladden your heart and soul and boost your ego in order to be a truly happy being.
Little deeds of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make our earth an Eden,
Like the heaven above.
So go ahead; smile and help build a chain of smiles; the frailest of all roads yet the most beautiful!
