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Waiting on the World to Change..

You might have heard John Mayer’s “Waiting on the World to Change.” Why are we waiting? What’s the point of talking and talking about changing our World, when we’re not doing anything about it? The truth is, though, we don’t look hard enough to realize that there’s change going on everywhere. It may not seem to be really affecting anything much, but the smallest things can eventually get bigger and bigger and truly make a big difference.

“Little drops of water,
Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.  

Thus the little minutes,
Humble though they be,
Make the mighty ages
Of eternity.”

-Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

I never really understood this poem before, but when you read it carefully it’s saying how some of the most important things start with something very small. So my point is, even the smallest, teeniest things can end up making a huge impact. I believe that music is something that affects us. The people who write and sing songs about making a difference are trying to reach out and say that there is hope that our world can be a better place. 

“Imagine,” by John Lennon, is a song that really makes me think. “Imagine all the people living life in peace,” is just one part of the song that just shows how people care about making the world a more peaceful place. When it says, “You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one,” it’s proving that there are a lot of people out there in the world who truly want a better place to live in. It doesn’t matter how big of an act you do to change, but as I said before, the smallest things can truly make change. In my school there is a program called Roots and Shoots. Jane Goodall originally started it and it just expanded. In this program, we would help people, animals, and the environment. My most recent project was to help this very poor community in my country, and what my group wanted to do was raise money for a clinic they had in this town. We also wanted to help the children in the daycare, so we went to visit them one day, and now I know that the visit alone made those kids so happy. Just having people who cared enough to spend time with them made them very thankful. Actions like these can make a difference, maybe not in the world, but in people’s lives. 

Maybe you’ve heard of Simple Plan, an alternative band. They don’t necessarily write songs about changing the world, but one of their songs, “Crazy,” expresses how our world is in a really bad situation. Not the physical part of our world, but society. Why do people do certain things? Why not be happy with what you have? The song says that if you open your eyes, you’ll see that something is wrong. Things like money, fame, and beauty have just made people want to become something that isn’t good. Why do people want these things, and think it will make their life perfect when it only makes things a whole lot worse? You look at some celebrities and you think, “Well, they’ve gotten themselves in a big mess!” I’m not saying that all famous people are bad examples, because there are some great role models out there, but the things that some celebrities have become is just so depressing. 

So what is it that we can do to change our world? All it takes is stepping up and putting all the small pieces together. You can make yourself heard. Just how so many artists have done through their music. They made a point, and they prove that you can do it. YOU can make a difference. Feel the Beat!:D