personal achievement vs. saving the world.

Ok. I fell off for a week or so, but I'm back in 2009 with avengence.

So while everyone was recapping and reviewing two thousand and eight. I was getting a jump start on my resolution. It takes me a while to come up with these things, because do tend to be scatter brained and unfocused.

While pondering the ways in which I plan to take 2009 to a level putting shame to 2008, I realized that my resolutions are rarely ever to strive for personal achievements. Which to most, is very uncommon.

The typical new years resolution: quit smoking, lose 15 pounds, go to chuch again, party harder, earn more money, buy that house/ car or whatever it was you didn't have the balls to buy, become the president/ VP/ CEO/ founder/ MVP of something or another...

Okay, as "realistic" as most of your ambitions are... is it really fair that we continue to base our holiday seasons around ourselves?? I mean its the fucking twenty-first century (excuse my french) but we give out the bomb gifts because we hope to get the bomb gifts in return, or some sort of gratification. We anticipate gifts that we wouldn't have possibly purchased for ourselves or splurge on them during the holiday sale season. We ignore that fact that several hundred thousands are homeless, hungry, and without anything for the holidays. And yet, still cook up meals that we find ourselves unable to consume until after Martin Luther King day (hey, January 15th people it's coming up, pay attention!) Then, as if that is not enough, we toast to the year, where we could have done much more than become a "positive member of the community", the year that we damn near ignored our community for the sake of personal achievemnent.

Not all personal achievements are sins! Please don't get me wrong, because I set goals for myself every 6 months. However, the long term goal, and my ultimate resolution is to do much better for the world. I plan to help as many people as I can on a daily basis, whether its a homeless man on the street or a classmate struggling to get by. And that's real. I'm no saint which is all the more reason why I make it my resolution every year.

I'm a role model to my younger cousins and little brother; I try to help my family and friends in any way that I can; I participate in volunteer services every now and then, but on a small scale which I know that I can handle as a broke college student. I know that I can not save the world... alone, but I do plan to leave my mark bitches.

I plan to change someone's life one of these days, and do for others what my parents and god parents have d0ne for practically my whole life... I plan to save someone, and change my world. I don't feel too passionate about this subject to ignore constructive criticism. COMMENT.