be a history maker

my dad has been telling me something lately that has me pondering, "make an impact where you are"

the stroke of midnight has come and gone, but 2010 is still here, and every minute that goes by, holds the key to our future. every minute spent lounging in bed, idling the day away, every day we put off living 'til tomorrow is another stroke of midnight wasted. and i should know, i'm the queen of lounging, i could lounge away any day with no apologies, but being a big fan of truth and honesty, when truth comes to me...i'm held accountable to it.

'be a history maker, you might not be able to change the world in it's fullness, but touching one life, one soul is history in the making'

when that hit me, i grabbed it like it was a life saver and i was drowning....history won't sit around picking it's nose waiting for me...one blink, and i'm saying goodbye to another stroke of midnight, and welcoming 2011. being a history maker has everything to do with time, and even more to do with understanding that life is made up of chain reactions. cause and effect. it's can be as simple as making someone smile, one smile can change the course of the nation inside of that someone...let that sink in.... let's break it down.

molly wakes up on the wrong side of the bed, as she does every morning. she is sad, depressed, distracted and confused. molly stumbles out of her house intent on being productive, but unable to shake the depression filling her soul. someone encounters molly, that someone looks into molly's eyes and returns her look of sadness with a look of disgust because molly stepped on that someones shoes. molly, internalizing that look becomes tired of being a burden to those around her. the outcast hurries home where she takes her own life. whatever future she had within her womb is no more, and her nation dies with her.

sometimes all it takes is a smile...you know... just one smile to save an entire nation. but we often forget that history is not all about grand speeches and rallies, protests and unity, history is about actions. actions created our past, actions creates our present and actions will create our future.

my dad, in all of his wisdom is right. make a difference where you are, take a break from the big picture long enough to catch one someones eyes, and just smile.