Reflection : To Make the World a Better Place

MichaelGan

Continuous Writing

Reflective

To Make the World a Better Place

Write about what you can do to make the world a better place.



  I am a teenager. I am still a student. I do not make government policies. I do not have any influence in the world. Yet, I am convinced that I can make a difference in this world. I am convinced that I can do many things to make this world a better place.



  To start with, I must begin with myself. I can do simple things such as picking up litter when I see it and not littering the environment myself. This may not seem like a big thing, but imagine if all of the students in my school started picking up litter and keeping the environment clean. Others would follow their example. People would feel ashamed of littering especially if they saw students picking up that litter and putting it away in the litter bins. How clean our environment would be!



  Another thing I can do is to watch what I say and how I say it. I must never lie or be rude to people, whoever they are. If I keep being absolutely truthful and polite, people will start respecting me. They will consider me as honest person. I am sure others including children and fellow teenagers will follow suit once they see the amount of respect I get. It is no use telling people to be honest or polite. One must show by example. This is one of the ways how I can make the world a better place.



  Of course everything begins in the home. It is no use wanting to make the world a better place and then being horrid and awful at home. I have to start with my home. I have to be responsible, respectful and loving. This is one way in which I can earn my parents’ trust. It is also one way of living by example so that my younger siblings follow my behavior. When I do chores willingly at home, so will my brothers and sisters. When I help them cheerfully with their homework, so will they do their work willingly. When I am loving and caring to them, so will they be loving and caring to others. This attitude will help us become decent and caring adults.



  However, it is no use caring only for our families and neglecting others. My concern must spread to my neighbours, and friends as well as strangers. I believe that if I am polite and respectful to others, they will in turn be respectful to me. In this way, the seed of caring behaviour will spread.



  Caring and respect can be done in many ways. It means being a courteous customer or driver. It means waiting in line and not jumping queue. It means saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ and meaning it.



  Just imagine, if every single person in the world did all these, how much better the world would be. We would develop into a caring and respectful society and it would all have begun with me!





Word Power

litter : small pieces of rubbish that people have left lying in a     

            public place

decent : of a good enough standard or quality, honest and fair