Can you change the world? Tell me how you help the world.
By Patxih
@Patxih (114)
Spain
September 14, 2011 7:08am CST
Yes, all we can change the world. Doing small actions, things, etc... we make a better future. But... what are you doing at this moment? How are you helping to improve this world? I´d like to know all the ways people help.
First of all, my answer is: I help recycling, i´m very worried about the environment and i help elder people in an elders´residence. It´s not a lot but something is something.
12 responses
@annelisle71 (275)
• Philippines
14 Sep 11
I believe that everyone has the potential to change the world in their own ways. If I think of changing the world it would seem impossible and quite an enormous task to do. But I believe that doing something good in our own small ways can create ripples that spreads out and can change the world.
Before, I thought that I am just a speck in this vast universe and that I don't have the capability of altering anything in this world. But I realized when I grow up that I am special. Although I am made of molecules and atoms but I am special in the eyes of God for He is within me. I am capable of doing things if I just focus on it. And I have the ability to influence others without uttering a single word but by just doing what I think is good.
For now, I want to change the world through my students. I want to impart to them the knowledge and skills for them to become a tender loving and caring Caregiver someday. I always tell them that knowledge and skills is nothing without attitude and sense of empathy towards the person that they are caring for. Attitude is very important as well as love. Caring for others is a very dignified job and this is one of the most challenging jobs because you are taking care of a person. This is sometimes hard and it takes patience and persistence to be able to do the job well but in the end this is also very rewarding because you will learn to appreciate differences in other people and that we learn that no man is an island. That every person need each other for we are all inter connected somehow.
@keshlois143 (713)
• Philippines
15 Sep 11
Yes, I guess, I can help in changing the world simply by changing my attitude towards life and environment or nature and understanding people around me. I can only do this things by the grace and help of our God. I cannot do anything good without Him working inside me. I need His Divine intervention inside me to overcome my human nature. I myself have a great passion to really be able to help change the worse situation of the world. I am also hoping that we can change the world by using the information technology in a wise way. Share things on how to really help preserve the world.
@sunli123 (538)
• China
15 Sep 11
I am not sure if I can change the world. But I believe that we can change our attitudes to life and nature. Being more postive and living a healthy lifestyle can affect family members and friends around us. That is also a way of changing.
@poniface1983 (132)
• India
15 Sep 11
I think we cant change the world, but help the world to change..that may be correct..and about me doing something about changing the world, I am being positive all through my life and helping people. in my opinion, for every individual, it is not necessary to involve in social/environment activities in order to change the world but whatever we do on day to day life, small small things we do..
@viney17 (688)
• Philippines
15 Sep 11
no one can really change the world, even the most prettiest girl, the mightiest man or the richest guy cannot change the world, or heal it. The only thing we can do is to prevent further damage from our planet, and everyone can do that or atleast help achieve this goal, by doing small things like cleaning, proper disposal of garbage and such, heck even a 3 year old kid can help do small things to help our planet survive.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
14 Sep 11
I eat a vegan diet because I love animals. I throw garbage in a bin and recycle much of it. I like to care well for the environment. I like to teach young children to give them a solid base of knowledge for their future. I am keen on traveling to different countries and spending money in poor communities. I stay in locally owned guest houses to give the local economy a boost.
@preethaanju (3000)
• India
14 Sep 11
My spiritual guru always said that its more difficult to change the world and much easier to change ourselves.We change and we can change the world is what he used to say. I didnt understand what he meant few years ago. Now i realize that to change the world we need to first change our way of life. Then change our family then our neighbors and friends and then the society. Anna Hazare who is a crusader to eradicate corruption in India is a simple man with a simple life style. He changed him selves first, People trusted him . Now he on a larger mission with millions following him in his movement
@mabeldaclan (787)
• Philippines
14 Sep 11
Yeah, little things accumulated can have a great outcome. It all starts with each individual. As of now, I'm trying to be a good citizen of our country. Well, just in terms of my trash. I hate people who threw their garbage on different places when, if they only hold on to their trash for a little while, they might find a trash can somewhere along the way. I also don't contribute to the pollution brought about by smoking. As much as I would want to avoid smoke belching vehicles, that isn't very feasible -since I will be late in school if I will wait for the environmentally friendly vehicle.
@lazybug (273)
• Philippines
14 Sep 11
Change comes from within and it is a domino effect. You cannot change the world per se for it is created the way it is however we can influence the attitude of the people towards our environment. Here in our place there is a strict implementation of waste segragation and everyone is complying, people (including myself) here learn to put thrash in their pockets or bags if they can't find thrashcans and we learn to follow rules rather than complaining cause there is such thing as noise pollution and it contributes in making our climate hotter. People are the ones responsible for the mess we are in with our environment and we are the ones responsible to retain the balance. I live in a third world country and we know this fact "Don't go against nature rather go with it" but I don't think that the highly industrualized countries knows that for factories are the number one contributors in global warming and for all types of pollution. What we are doing to make this world a better place to live might be small however it is the small things that counts. We just have to pay ir forward.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
14 Sep 11
It is obvious that I am also a part of the world. So, to change the world, the first thing that I do is changing myself to better. A change in myself would lead another change inside another people, I truly believe it.
And then later, I believe, to change the world, you have to change the people..
- Not smoking and then ask people to not smoke too.
- Do recycling and then ask people to do recycling too
- Not littering and then ask people to do so too.
- ...
Hey, we can do a lot of things! Surely, if we all have a spirit to change the world, we are really can changing the world.
Never lose a dream, especially a noble one
@ferbjohn69 (1127)
• Philippines
15 Sep 11
It is very hard to change the world if we will work as individuals.Doing good things alone is not good enough.What we need is unity.If everyone in the world do even just small good deeds one at a time,the world changing is possible.