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There's more important things in life than just studying.
You know what? God put me here on earth to do bigger things. I'm not just here to study, get into a good university, and then get a good job. That's not what I'm here for. God put me here for a reason, I know that. While He might not show me my purpose now, I believe that I'm here to make a change. For what, I don't know. But one thing I know: I want to make a change. It might not be something big, but I just want to do something. I want to make a change in someone's life, something like that. I want people to think of me one day and go, 'Oh, I remember her. She was one of the kindest, sweetest person I knew.' Or something like that. I want people to remember me for making them smile. Because you know what? Smarts aren't that important. It's who you are that matters. Few years from now, when someone meets you for the first time, he's not gonna ask you 'Which university do you come from?' or something of that sort. Instead, people are going to judge you for how you act. You may be smart, but if you're a negative person, NO ONE is going to like you. Even now, in college, no one even bothers to ask you 'How many As did you get for your trials?' or 'Were you the top student in your school?' NO ONE CARES. What people see straightaway is who you are.
And I just wish they would see that. You see, Taylor's, under UNICEF, has this program where us Taylor's students, can volunteer to teach Somalian refugee kids. I wanted to volunteer, but as it was a weekly thing, they didn't allow me, because it needed so much commitment, and they were worried that I couldn't cope. Fine. Anyways, I told Leek and Lynn to let me know if anyone pulled out on a certain day, so that I could help out once in a while. Yesterday, Leek called me to let me know that there was a spot, and he asked if I wanted to help out. Which of course, I did. I've always wanted to do these stuff, but opportunities don't come quite often. I went downstairs to ask them, and of course, they said no. I persuaded, begged, pleaded, (insert other similar words here), but still they were adamant. No. But without any solid reason. They wanted me to stay home and study. Instead of helping those kids. I continued persuading, and then they yelled at me for being unreasonable.
Seriously?
I want to help, those kids need help. Heck, if everyone thought like they did, the world would be a horrible place to live in. Instead, their reason for not letting me go is so stupid, I just got really really mad and upset.
There's more important things to life than studying.
Helping others. Isn't that one of the first few things you taught me?
Ugh. Freedom. I want that so bad right now.
God, if You open a door, please lead me through.
Make them understand.
Dear L
You know what? God put me here on earth to do bigger things. I'm not just here to study, get into a good university, and then get a good job. That's not what I'm here for. God put me here for a reason, I know that. While He might not show me my purpose now, I believe that I'm here to make a change. For what, I don't know. But one thing I know: I want to make a change. It might not be something big, but I just want to do something. I want to make a change in someone's life, something like that. I want people to think of me one day and go, 'Oh, I remember her. She was one of the kindest, sweetest person I knew.' Or something like that. I want people to remember me for making them smile. Because you know what? Smarts aren't that important. It's who you are that matters. Few years from now, when someone meets you for the first time, he's not gonna ask you 'Which university do you come from?' or something of that sort. Instead, people are going to judge you for how you act. You may be smart, but if you're a negative person, NO ONE is going to like you. Even now, in college, no one even bothers to ask you 'How many As did you get for your trials?' or 'Were you the top student in your school?' NO ONE CARES. What people see straightaway is who you are.
And I just wish they would see that. You see, Taylor's, under UNICEF, has this program where us Taylor's students, can volunteer to teach Somalian refugee kids. I wanted to volunteer, but as it was a weekly thing, they didn't allow me, because it needed so much commitment, and they were worried that I couldn't cope. Fine. Anyways, I told Leek and Lynn to let me know if anyone pulled out on a certain day, so that I could help out once in a while. Yesterday, Leek called me to let me know that there was a spot, and he asked if I wanted to help out. Which of course, I did. I've always wanted to do these stuff, but opportunities don't come quite often. I went downstairs to ask them, and of course, they said no. I persuaded, begged, pleaded, (insert other similar words here), but still they were adamant. No. But without any solid reason. They wanted me to stay home and study. Instead of helping those kids. I continued persuading, and then they yelled at me for being unreasonable.
Seriously?
I want to help, those kids need help. Heck, if everyone thought like they did, the world would be a horrible place to live in. Instead, their reason for not letting me go is so stupid, I just got really really mad and upset.
There's more important things to life than studying.
Helping others. Isn't that one of the first few things you taught me?
Ugh. Freedom. I want that so bad right now.
God, if You open a door, please lead me through.
Make them understand.
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I was right, wasn't I? I'm so easy to forget. Less than a week. That's all it took, mm hm?
Thank God I was smart enough. Thank God I made the right decisions. Thank God I saw through your cheap talk. Thank God, just thank God.
And you, yes you.
I see what you've done, bitch. Miss Two-Face.
Congratulations to you both.
And now, a toast to myself. For being true to myself, and not letting myself be misled. For making the right decision.
And a toast to you both. Thank you for showing me how low people can be.
Thank God I was smart enough. Thank God I made the right decisions. Thank God I saw through your cheap talk. Thank God, just thank God.
And you, yes you.
I see what you've done, bitch. Miss Two-Face.
Congratulations to you both.
And now, a toast to myself. For being true to myself, and not letting myself be misled. For making the right decision.
And a toast to you both. Thank you for showing me how low people can be.
Love,
The most awesome person you'll ever meet.
The most awesome person you'll ever meet.
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Watch this video, now. I know it's 25 minutes long, but stay. Watch. Together, we can make a change.
Don't you want to be able to tell your grandkids one day, 'I once helped save thousands of lives from the #1 criminal in the world'?
Go. Now. If not, I curse you to get a bad husband/wife. Heh ;)
Go. Now. If not, I curse you to get a bad husband/wife. Heh ;)
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Went to Shman's just now. Since his parents were out, and Sarah had no key, guess how we entered? WE WENT THROUGH THE RUBBISH CHUTE! ;D
HOYEAH. ;D
HOYEAH. ;D
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And that's it for now. There's a post I've been meaning to post, but these ^ have taken up my slot for today :P Tomorrow!
Ps. Ajira, LONG POST FOR YOU! :D You'd better read this till the end, or else I will bug you like maaaaaad tmrw xD
Ps. Ajira, LONG POST FOR YOU! :D You'd better read this till the end, or else I will bug you like maaaaaad tmrw xD
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ReplyDeleteWhat your parents think is totally normal. I mean every parents wants the best for their child. And to them is to by giving good education. But what you said is also true. Sometimes the things that we prioritize can be not important to others but why care about what others think? Although the things that we do are insignificant but they are very important. Every big thing starts from something small then slowly, it grows :)