I do what I do because my friends are worth it. And even if I disagree with them, even if they slip up or make mistakes, I love them for who they are. It hasn’t always been easy. Sometimes even my closest friends let me down, time and time again. But in spite of that, I love them because I have slipped up so many times and they have forgiven me even when I didn’t deserve it, befriended me when I had nothing to offer. I love them because they inspire me, love me, move me to spread the kindness. They give me a reason to keep on fighting. For my friends, I will lay down all that I have to offer, because they are worth it.
I do what I do, because the conflicts and problems troubling our world aren’t going to fight themselves. I do it because I know it’s all too easy to separate ourselves from problems that don’t directly affect us. But if we don’t fight these battles, one day they will end up on our doorstep nonetheless and we will wonder why we didn’t take action. I follow events in North Korea and work to publicize their plight because of her, that woman, suffering under an oppressive regime, struggling to feed her family, she needs to know that someone out there cares, that someone out there is standing up for her rights. She reminds me of my mother, my grandmother, my friend. I do it because I have both the potential to make a difference and the responsibility. And that if I have this one privileged life it better be spent on fighting for something right.
I do what I do because I can.
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