2006/02/07 Erika's C5 speech

Your mind touch the world
By Erika
Until you found out that actions have consequences , and not every thing is under your control. Until you found out that you couldn’t change the world at all…..Don’t be disappointed !! At least, you can change your mind. For the better , and forever? Working with nothing but hid own altruism , one good idea.
To pay it forward , it started as an extra credit assignment for a social studies class and turned into a world where no one goes hungry , no one is cold, no one is without a job or a ride or a loan or slave of credit card.
In addition , why and how do we use the body language to pay it forward? The body language is such an extraordinarily efficient instrument of communication that there must be rules that govern the way we interpret body language. But what are those rules? And are they same for everyone ?
For researches, found out whether people from different cultures agreed on meaning of different body language . For example, a warm smile , a appropriation light touching or a sincere eyes contact ……
Somehow it had to be known why the world could change at just that moment, why it could not have changed a moment sooner, and why it was the very thing that moment required. You cared about someone , but by the time you cared about him/her enough it was too late. You though you cared about your work, but you don’t know what your work could rally men until it was over. You wanted to make lots of money . You did make lots of money . You gave it all away.
Not everything can be dissected and understood. Not everything has a simple answer. When you lose interest in questions, you’re out of a job. That’s okay. I wasn’t as good at it as I should have been . I didn’t bring anything special to the game. People gradually stopped needing to know why. We adjust quickly to change, even as we rant and rail and swear we never will. And everybody likes a change if it’s a change for the better. And no one likes to dwell on the past if the past is ugly and everything is finally going well .
The most important thing you can add from your own observation is this: knowing it started from unremarkable circumstances should be a comfort to us all. Because it proves that you don’t need much to change the entire world for the better . You can start with the most ordinary ingredients . You can start with the world you’ve got.