"Everyone can be great because anyone can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't even have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve... You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love..."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
I found this quote and it really got me thinking. What MLK says here is all quite true, we didn't have to be in ENGL108 or even here at Purdue to serve and volunteer. I have volunteered back at home before and even the first semester I did some volunteer work. I think there are a lot of people out there that believe that they have nothing to give the world because they have no talents or no special skills, this is not true on any level. Just as he says you just have to have a will and want to change something you believe needs changed or improved. Somedays it may take a lot of self motivation to get up early, or to turn off the TV, but once you start volunteering and making a difference you will show yourself just what kind of impact you can have. Everyone can volunteer and make a change, you don't have to have a talent, be a celebrity or have a lot of money, you just have to have heart. The people you serve don't look at you any different if you can't juggle or whistle, you are there to help them and that is what truly matters. And even better, the animals I work with don't care how bad your day was, what you got on your calc test, what your friend said to you, what car you drive, or even what clothes you wear, they just are crazy happy that you took time to visit and play with them. Sometimes I think when we put everything in life to the side and just all come together as one we can make the biggest difference and really change the world. So volunteer because you want to, not because someone says you have to to be a good person. Find your passion.
Make a difference.
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