First, I would like to extend my gratitude to my English professor, Prof. Policarpio, and to the anonymous writer of the article "What Are You?". Both of you inspired me in doing this blog.
"Don't think only about yourself, that would be too daring." this is the line that struck me most when we read a selection entitled What are you? in my English class this morning. What significant about this line for me is that it can reflect the situation of every country, of every people nowadays... I'm not trying to judge here but, am I not right for saying this? Well, before I generalize, I'll tell first how "Don't think only about yourself, that would be too daring" affected my heart and mind.
I believe that all of us encountered the time when we are about to choose something that we really want, something that we really want to do, you already decide, you just have to grab it... yet you stopped, thinking "What would THEY think?", "Will I step on anyone if I choose this?", "What will happen?"--- we can't ignore thinking what will others think of us, even if we wanted it so much for ourselves, we still can't stop thinking about others. Well, sometimes we forgot to think about the others, but we suddenly realize it after we made our choice right? It's really hard to explain... hope you can keep up on what I'm talking about here... So, why do we have this thought in mind most of the time? I do think about it almost everyday...
I think it's really part of being a person. We don't live by ourselves, we don't live alone, we might be unique with each other, but we all share just ONE TIME, ONE WORLD... WE LIVE JUST UNDER ONE SKY... every little detail of what we do, we affect maybe just few people around us, but this effect to these few people may affect other people to, and will affect everyone else. We all have this link with each other. What do you think?
Just a piece of advice--- If you dare to do something, do something good, something that will make your life better for you, and this better thing that will happen to you might be the best thing that will happen to others... share it with them. Don't be selfish. And if you will think about yourself, better choose something that will make you happy, safe, successful or meaningful. Why? Well, find the answer on your own, and see what it can do for you...
Thank you. :)
