Monday, November 17, 2008

I'm writing this right now in my office on a cold November day.  I can see little flakes of snow hit the ground and disappear before my eyes can blink.  And I'm thinking to myself what's the point? If our lives, in the big scope of things is just a blink of an eye, what am I doing here; sitting in this office chair in a office where the heat cannot be properly controlled? (sorry if you ever walk in while I'm sitting in my recently installed kiddy-pool, due the the heat issues) 

Why am I here? I feel like I don't matter, so how can I matter?  
After all, if all I am is a snow flake hitting the ground, how can I make a difference?

After all, how much of a difference does one snowflake make on a piece of ground that stretches for miles?  The answer is none really. This is how we feel most of the time, right? We are just one insignificant snowflake that has no superiority over anything.  We're here then we're gone. This is how we feel but why? Maybe it's because we are living for ourselves rather living for someone or something else.?  If we live for ourselves we will fizzle out just like a snowflake.  But if we choose to do something and change the course of who we are and how we act, how much of a difference could we make? 

You see when we start living outside of ourselves we allow ourselves to be used in ways that we never would have experienced otherwise.  

It's still hot.......wait, now cold in my office that may never change.  But one thing has, you see if you look out my window you can see a little bit more snow starting to fall on the ground and now its not melting.  The snow that had hit the ground before and apparently disappeared has now provided a blanket on the ground so that the snow which is now falling is sticking.  We may not see the impact we will have in this life.  But it will be seen by the ones who come after us.  If we decide to make a difference.