Making A Difference

I have just begun catching up on everyone's blogs, reading months worth of wisdom and inspiration. I have really been missing out! There is so much there that makes me think about the world differently and think that maybe with a new outlook I can make it through the difficult months ahead.

As I was reading the blogs of other black belts, I felt like I needed to write something to inspire others and make changes in the world, but I guess you could say I'm at a loss for words. I don't have the life experience or knowledge to write something that will actually make much of a difference. But then I thought, that's not a true statement. I make a difference everyday.

I am a regular goal setter, for myself and others. If someone is falling behind in one of my classes or not performing as well as they could, I set a goal for them and make sure I stay on them so they can be the best they can be. I use cheesy lines that make people feel good about themselves and at least I'll get a smile out of them even on the worst days. I've made grumpy people giggle and that is making a difference.

I guess I wanted to write this because sometimes, in between thinking we know everything and that the world is against us, young people can feel like nothing we do or say makes a difference. I've been lucky enough to know I make a difference every Tuesday and Thursday for the last seven years, but not everyone has a stage as I do.

The world is not against me, people are actually listening to what I have to say and I'm making a difference... Let's hope they only heard the good things I've said ;) Everyone makes a difference. I'm thinking now that I should have called this post Random Acts of Kindness because that's what the world needs. Holding doors, telling jokes and funny stories, and making people laugh are things that make a difference. Graham was teaching our beginner Black Dragons that it is important to open doors for people... why? Because the girls love it! He gave them a silly reason, which I openly disagreed with him on, but I bet all the boys in the class will be holding doors for years to come. Everyone should be courteous, not just the guys to the girls. Little things like this make the world a better place and you don't have to have life experience or any kind of wisdom to make it happen.

Even just now, as I write this from my work computer, my second last customer was so pleasant and friendly that I'm having a better day and was very friendly to my last customer and now my co-workers. I started out a little grumpy because I am currently under the weather, but one man I have never met and will probably never meet again made a difference and the world is all happy and there was much rejoicing ;) haha. If you don't know where that's from you won't find it funny. Hopefully people get it though.

Overall, I'm writing to say be pleasant and don't worry if you're like me and can't write some inspirational speech to change the world. You're already doing so much everyday. Just be you.