More ramblings

Today I was thinking of all the different influences around me.

Fashionable people who are always putting their two cents in about what looks are "hott this fall" or what colors would look good for your skin tone, or how sequins changed their wardrobe.

Mission conscious people who almost try to guilt others into giving, by saying things like, "do you know that people in Africa could live off the money it took you to buy that coffee you just bought?" or people to really are passionate about what they do, and do make a huge difference, but not by putting you down.

People who live to be satirical and to make people laugh. And who, if they don't make people laugh, don't feel fulfilled.

Blatantly in-your-face-eff-you people who want to shock you and want to show you they can, (and will) argue their case until you have no hope of defending your case and then smirk at you when you try to defend the ideals your parents taught you.

I have these people in my life some way or another. And i love them all. I've gotten to know their little oddities and how to side-step them, (if the case requires it). I'm not saying any of these ways are wrong, (other than the eff-you), but i've been realizing that I don't really make a difference. in some way, most of these people make a difference, whether they make you feel bad, or good, they make you feel something.

Now I may make someone, somewhere feel different (there's that little word again) and I may make a difference in someone other than my family's lives, but do I make a global difference? or even a difference to people who live outside of my city? I don't think so. And that, my friend is depressing.

But that is part of what I'm trying to say when I say that I want to be different. I'm saying that I want to make a difference. Maybe, just maybe, this could be a bit of a start.

P.S. - If you are like any of these people I am not trying to throw you under the bus. I think missions, fashion, debate, and humor are AWESOME. and i love all of them. I just think that sometimes we go about them in the wrong way. Also, these are not the only types of people who influence me, just a few.