THE POSSIBILITY
As much anger and insanity as there are in the world, there is also just as much beauty and heart. There are various organizations and caring people who spend all of their life trying to make this world a better place. They believe that it is possible to make a positive impact in someone's life. Every day, teachers, volunteers, social workers, mentors, and other faceless individuals make a contribution to the society that we sometimes feel is immoral and unfair. But just as they believe, we should be inspired by what they do and remember that in each one of us, there lives a possibility. We can complain all we want. We can scream and cry and waste our energy without doing anything about it. We could also turn our heads and continue to paint our lives with a tint of denial and believe that everything is fine. We can change the news channel and live in the sanctuary of our world because the issues indirectly affect us. But it shouldn't be like that. Each one of us can make an impact that could change the way people see things. Each one of us carries a possibility to make an indelible impression that can transcend ignorance and apathy. Each one of us carries a possibility to make a difference. And that possibility lives in us every single day.
WG/February 2003
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes Aww!"
JACK KEROUAC