The idea...

So this past week was a pretty good week. It had it's problems and it had it's accomplishments. It was a roller coaster week. It's not different from other weeks that we pass through. Good things happen and bad things happen. That's life. Stuff happens.

During these days of our lives we, single college students, generally think about ourselves. Homework is so that we grow smarter. We go to school so that we can learn. We focus so much on ourselves that we forget that we live in a world where there are billions of other people.

The idea that hit me the other day is that we can do many thing for ourselves. Working out will help our bodies, eating right will also help your body, studying will help your mind, going to work will help you get money but those aren't the only things we have to focus on.

This last week I focused a lot on myself. What did I need? What did I want? I worked hard but after everything, I wasn't feeling all that great. I have felt this feeling many times in my life and I have come to realize one thing.

Life is better when you help others.

There I said it. The cat is out of the bag. The goose is on the loose. The duck is still a duck.

Now don't go misunderstanding me. This phrase doesn't mean live your life for other. This phrase doesn't mean that you have to be on everybody's "Goody Two Shoes" list. You still have a responsibility to yourself to try to become the best you can be. You still need to do your homework, go to work, work out and eat right but on top of that, if you save a few moments to serve someone else, life will be better.

I guess all I'm trying to say is find time to do something different for someone else. Something good. Be part of the good in life. If all of us take the time to do this, think of how much better this world will be.

Singing Out
Matthew John Barry