Ordinary People Who Have Changed The World

I've always grappled with the idea of being ordinary. What does that word really mean? And I don't just mean in the literal sense with the dictionary definition. I want to know what it means to every single person who has ever thought they were "ordinary". I know I have. And I know that I am. To me ordinary is extraordinary. Now I find this to be a very very funny sick joke. Ordinary is something with no special distinctive features. Extraordinary is something very unusual or remarkable. But look at the word. EXTRA and ORDINARY. Those may the literal definitions, but to me, ordinary is special. Being extraordinary is just taking it to the next level. I haven't done anything that had impacted the world in any major way. But there are things I do every day that impact someone's day, and maybe even the rest of their life. I don't know if anyone has every watched Pay It Forward and not been a puddle hot mess of tears at the end of it. But that movie inspires an idea to be better. Good deeds don't have boundaries. They are an endless sea and when brought together as a whole, the impact has been great. The whole idea of pay it forward is to help three people then they help three people and it spreads throughout the world. This isn't just a movie idea, its real.

This is a story from a website I'll share with you call Ordinary People Who Have Changed the world. There was a massive storm one night that washed tons and tons of starfish onto the beach. A little girl was walking the beach the day after the storm and was picking the starfish up and tossing them back into the ocean. Eventually, a group gather to watch this girl. At first they thought it was funny how she thought she was going to get them all back into the water. A man finally went up to her and asked her why she was doing that. She was never going to get them all back in so what impact was she making? She looked at him, picked up another starfish and threw it as far as she could back into the water. She turned to him and said "I made a difference for that one". The man thought about this, then bent down and started to help her. Eventually a whole group joined in and save all of the starfish.

What makes this story so good is the fact that she is a child. We often think that children don't really know what they are doing and just do whatever they fancy at any point in time. In reality, children see the world as it is. It isn't clouded by wars, protests, money, politics or hate. Children love unconditionally and think about things in the simplest ways. That is what is wrong with the world. We grow up and think we have everything figured out. That could not be farther from the truth. I don't think anyone will really have anything figured out. Its all an illusion to make us feel comfortable. But life isn't comfortable. Life is supposed to be exciting. This is the time when we should be seeing the world through a child's eye. Just one "childish" idea can change the world in more ways than any adult could. There is this lack of trust between people these days that clouds the world. Believe it or not, everyone isn't out to get you. Yes, there are those people who stomp on anyone to get to where they want to go. But not everyone. Just opening the door or helping someone carry their groceries changes the world. If everyone were to do five nice things a day, and I mean every single person in the world, think about how the world would be. This is a pipe dream, but dreams are good. What's a world without dreams? Nothing in my opinion. Dreams can lead to realities.

So here's to dreaming and believing that we can be better than who we are today. Do something nice today. You might just inspire a revolution.

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