You can be reading the newspaper, watching the news or even listen to the radio and you can see the devastation the world has come to. What if I told you a former Vietnam soldier stopped his own breath because he was ashamed of what he fought for? I mean do you blame him. I'm not saying it was a right move on his part but I at least have a slight understanding for the motive. Now we have to ask ourselves....What can we do? The answers to that questions are never ending, however are rarely put into action. It is one thing to say you can do it and another thing all together to do it. So in conclusion, I encourage all of you to go out and DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!
I don't care if it is something huge like dedicating all your time into volunteering at hospitals or homeless shelters, or if it is something small like giving an encouraging word to someone in need. I believe that it takes one person to start the rippling effect needed to change this entire world for the better.
So again I encourage you, Start making your effect now!..... Make this world something to be proud of, something worth fighting for!
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O'Brien's book, The Things They Carried has a story in it called "On the Rainy River". The end of the story says, "I was a coward, I went to war." This is about a soldier's shame to fight for a motive that he doesn't believe in, and he calls himself a coward for not dodging the draft. I just got done with some mandatory community service that made me feel the same way you do about volunteering your time.
Personal experiences can often make one stand back and view how much of an impact they have or can have within this world we live. :)
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