semper fidelis

for the first time, a music video brought me to tears.

early on a sunday morning, with nothing to watch, i started channel surfing and came upon daughtry's video of "what about now?" there were captions throughout the four minute song that made me want to do something to change the world, although i have no idea where or how to start. one of the captions read: today is in a corner of the world... someone is hurting, homeless, hungry... that someone could be you. it also asked the question that i had been asking since high school: i am just an average joe trying to make ends meet... can i make a difference?

i've been thinking about a lot of things these past few weeks. is the world so depressing now that all we could focus on is our own problems that make us oblivious to the bigger picture? we forget there are bigger things in the world that our petty issues like getting a food other than what we had asked for. we complain and grumble rather than be thankful that we at least have something and that we do not worry about how or where we will scavenge for our next meal.

maybe i cannot change the world alone. in one way or another, we are all hurting, homeless, hungry. the least we could do is share both the good and the bad. maybe we could not eliminate the pain, the loss or hunger but at least we can share the burden.

these are a few of the piercing statements in the video that i consider my litany:

i am THE DIFFERENCE
between justice and injustice
between right and wrong
the voice lives on when someone takes a stand and says
i am the end of poverty
i am a different path
i am believe in your humanity
i am a wave of compassion
i am the end of ignorance
i am the call for human rights
i am human
i am the hands that heal all mankind
i am light and the gift of vision
i am the heart that keeps a child alive
i am the dream that becomes reality

and my own statement:
i am ALWAYS FAITHFUL in the innate goodness of mankind.