I think, therefore I can help
It’s easy to forget what’s happening around the world. We’re so stressed over our next algebra test or our homework due in English that we don’t take the time to think about everything happening outside our own little bubble. But when we read about the horrors in Darfur or the people dying in Iraq, it doesn’t register in our heads. We have to see it to believe it. If we actually saw these things happening with our own eyes, we would understand it more and think about it a lot more often.
René Descartes once said, “I think, therefore I am,” but in this case, it really isn’t that way. We always feel inclined to think about the bad things, the same way we don’t forget how bad we did on that exam last year, or the time your second-grade teacher sent you into the corner. But those experiences have an impact on us. We start trying to improve, to study more for that upcoming test, and to pay attention to your teacher during class.
I think, therefore I can help. The longer we think about something bad, the more we start to feel that we should help. And it’s this that brings people to help. It’s this that can bring the world to peace.
Zachary Kay