What are your goals in life? A common question we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives.
Surely most of us dream about having a great job with a large paycheck, getting married meaning creating a new family, to afford a nice house, drive around in a sport car etc.
Another good question would be; would these things make you happy? I ask myself this question and I say no.
Why? Because life is not about gaining enough money to buy expensive things, or it doesn't need to be expensive, it could be cheaper things but in a larger amount of them instead.
If you would be lucky enough to do well in your career then that's fine, no that's more than fine! Because with that money you spend on some material things that might be popular right now you could actually do something to change the lives of millions of people around the world.
It could be saving the life of a 13 year old girl in Namibia suffering from Hiv, or to donate money to organizations such as "Make Povery History" or "Wateraid - Fresh2o" etc.
People living in wealthier countries around the world, I guess Sweden is one of them, complain about not having enough money to buy different kinds of things. It could be anything from that new high-tech cellphone or that gorgeous designer bag from say Chanel?
My point is that one should learn to appreciate things better and to live with less expensive things because when you are in that store considering whether if you should waste your next salary on that new jacket there are millions of people out there starving themselves to death because there is not enough money to buy food.
In some way it feels as if the topic I'm bringing up is tabu? People know about the fact but have you seen any action to stop it? The answer is no.
All the commercials I've seen on the TV, young children that live under these circumstances. It breaks my heart. It's not fair, no one should be forced to live a life like that.
All we have to do is act! Do something, now, not tomorrow because then it might be too late. Think about it. What can you do to improve the lives of millions of people?
I have finally realized what one of my mayor goals is; try to change my way of living (meaning to live with less expensive things) and to donate the money that is left to organizations such as Unicef etc.
On top of everything my biggest dream would be to work there, at Unicef because I know that I would be able to go home after a long day of work, knowing that I made a difference today.
I might have helped that 13 year old girl in Namibia by gaining a new donator to give her hospital more money to medicines and other equipment they might need. That would make my heart and soul happy.
