The other night my group of friends had the honor of attending a wonderfully organized gala to help raise money to bring water, wells, windmills and education to the underprivileged children of Tanzania. There was a silent and live auction along with a wonderful dinner and slide show about the work that another chapter of the charity is doing. A very close friend of mine was the organizer of the Gala and when she got up to introduce the speaker her words brought me to tears.
I have always been the kind of person to get swept up in the moment of a cause, when I was attending Relay for Life a couple of years ago I was convinced that the next year I would shave my head for the charity Head for the Cure. I didn't though, I told my friends and family and they convinced me not to. The same happened this weekend when watching this slide show I had a longing to do something about it. To go to Tanzania to help the children, to do something. Even before the thoughts had fully formed I was convincing myself not to. I'm not sure what I'm scared of, or why I can't follow through but eventually my life takes over and I forget the passion I felt.
I guess I have always been searching for a cause, I want to help the world. On our table marker at the gala there was a quote that said "Be the Change you Want to See in the World" and throughout the night I kept coming back to it. Saying it over and over in my mind, which brought me to the question of what is the change I want to see in the world? How can I take on the world when I can't even figure myself out?
I feel like I'm in grade 2 again when we would do projects on how the world should be, we as children would answer candy everyday and no school or something along those lines. Now as an adult I am faced with if I could, how would I change the world?
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