Cherry: Oh No, Not Another One

Hey everyone, it's Cherry again. :)

I hope that anyone that listened to the music I put up yesterday enjoyed it. In fact, I'm listening to some more Zelda music now... and yes, this is what I do in my free time. ...I have no life. XD

Anyways, diverting the attention away from my lack of a normal, not-nerdy, and interesting life, how about reading some more rants? :D 

Now I know that both Owl and Aria have already done rants as their post-of-the-day, but since I already posted a more fun post on video game music, I figured that it would be fine to rant once again. Oh, and just keep in mind that I actually wrote this a while ago. I just never posted it up anywhere until now. ;P So, without further ado, let's begin!

In school about a month ago, I passed by someone in the hallways who had said something like this to one of their friends: "We don't make a difference, you know." ...Or something like this: "We don't really matter in the large scheme of things." (I don't really remember XD) Now, when I heard that I was very tempted to go up to her and politely argue against her on that point right then and there, but of course that would be strange - especially since we didn't really know each other. However, I would at least like to make my argument against that here.

I do believe that each and every one of us makes a difference - a rather large one in fact. Others may disagree on what I think of as "making a large difference", but this definitely is included in the "large" section in my book. :) The reason why, is because of a simple thing called talking to people. Each time you talk to someone, you change them (although it's by a very very very tiny amount). It's not noticeable at first, but overtime, you'll often be able to see the change that you have made in others. (I say often, as sometimes it's not noticeable [or you don't get the chance to see the change as you don't become friends with them or something]. For example, you may think that your friend was always super sarcastic or something, when in reality they weren't before.) I say this from experience. I've changed a lot from who I was before, and it's all because of all of the people I met throughout my life. I mean, I've always been a really shy person, but recently, I've noticed that I've been opening up to a lot of more people that I'm not super close to, while before I would have only opened up to my close friends. Everyone I've met has also made me a lot stronger as a person, which I'm extremely grateful for. (Thanks you guys!) ^u^ And if I've changed so much from just a few things that people have said to me or done, then think of what change you've already made in others. Your outgoing actions could encourage someone to speak up themselves. Your kind words could influence them to be kind to others as well. Your expertise in a certain skill or subject, or even just your determination in said subjects could inspire others. There are so many things that your actions or words could have help made happen. 

I want to make one more point before I end this. If whoever's reading this believes that what I said about talking to people isn't making a really a big difference (even though what I said means that you've influenced and changed hundreds of people, possibly more, and will change even more throughout the entirety of your life), and you do believe that you, as an individual, have not and cannot make a difference, then all I can say, is that if you want to make a difference, then the first step is to stop thinking that you can't. After all, like Michael Jackson said in the song "Man in the Mirror" (such a great chorus song =u= ), "If you want to make a world a better place, take a look at yourself, and then make a change."

- Cherry