Make The Difference

Maybe you are thinking that I will post about people or animals suffering. If those were your thoughts, I will not judge you. After all people seem to be highly touched by the negative aspects of the world rather than the positive ones. However, I assure you, it will be a different post.

Last month, my classmates and I listened to a song given by our language teacher. This was Louis Amstrong´s song “What a wonderful World”. The teacher asked us to relax and understand the meaning of it and at the same time we were asked to feel the background music of it. Most of us knew the song but we did not have the possibility to analise it deeply, or at least me.

Here you have the song, if you did not come across with it before: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5TwT69i1lU

If you have never paid attention to the lyrics, I will give you a hand.  It is about a more hopeful and optimistic world in which  the singer highlights a lot of positive aspects in a world tinged with corruption and violence. The song talks about babies being born into a better world and friends shaking hands spending time together. The background music is terrific and transports your mind to a state of cheerfulness. It is a really really good song. Whenever I listen to this master piece, I evaluate that despite the fact of the atrocities, the wars and the instances of violence,  we still live in a wonderful world.

Nevertheless, this post entry is not about the song itself. This song, undoubtedly,  triggered on me  a yearn for emphasizing on positive aspects rather than on the negative ones. As in the case of a comercial that was shared hundred of times on the social media and awakend on me interest. It is a commercial in which a kind man gets what money can not buy such as: the feelings and emotions of people. The man helps an old lady with her food cart, he gives money to a homeless girl in order to pay her school, he also buys some fruit to an old lady living alone, he feeds a stray dog and he gives his seat to a girl on the bus too.  And what do you think the man gets in return? I´m sure you guess it: Nothing. He does good things for the sake of goodness.  As you will see on the video, the man is criticized because of his good actions.

Here you have the video I´m talking about: 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZGghmwUcbQ

Compare this video with real life: How many times have you denied helping others? Not because you are a mean person but you simply ignore some realities. You do not get involved in things you do not care about. It is simple. Maybe you will criticize a person who gives money to a juggler on the street, or you will be dissapointed if you see someone giving money to a homeless person. Or else, you will feel pitty if a person buys household appliances on the train because you know it is a second hand product and it will not work  You are right, it will not work. However, have you ever thought that those people act in a good way just to help others? Throughout my whole life, I have encountered many kind persons like the guy on the commercial.  Among them, people helping old ladies to cross the street, people giving money to the homeless, people buying food to kids on the street. Now, the question is: What do they have in common?  They are interested in enriching their souls not their pockets.  They would not be famous or recognised worldwide for their actions. Their actions are the ones that make this world a better place to live in. Single actions that won´t be prized, but those actions will comfort you because you know that by treating others well your heart will be content.

It seems as if we, in general, are use to considering the negative aspects  of the world and we  do not appreciate the beauty of it and the kidness of some persons. Nobody writes about the policeman who helps a woman to give birth because she did not make it to go to the hospital. Nobody writes about the humble girl who lends the bus card to a little boy who lost his. Nobody writes about the persons who feed animals on the street, or the ones who adopt dogs rather than buying them. Those are simple actions, that make a wonderful world. A world in which not all poeople behave indiferently but a world in which people enrich themselves to grow as good persons and make it a better place.

This video made me realize that there are still kind persons willing to give a hand to those who really need it. Helping an old lady to cross the street is something that for you might not be important but it could mean the world to the other part involved. Imagine that we all joined in doing good actions. It would make the difference in a considerable way.