Making a Difference: Impact through Personal Actions

The real question is, what does it really mean to make a difference? According to the dictionary it means, “Be important, matter” or “Cause a change in effect, change the nature of something” (“Make a Difference.”). That second part is what really stood out to me. It lead me to look back at my life and think about how I have changed the nature of something. I try to leave my mark in all parts of life. I have went on a missions trip, I try to be a leader in all sports, and I just try to genuinely be nice and make each and every person’s day better. At the very start of this past summer, my grandpa asked me if I wanted to go on a missions trip with him. At first I really was not sure if I wanted to do something like that, but the more I thought about it the more I realized I wanted to try and make a change in these kids lives. The

I feel that just a simple smile can turn someone’s day around. I have always made it my responsibility to be happy and try to lighten up the mood in order to cheer at least one person up. I try to always go out of my way to go up to someone when they are looking down and ask them what is wrong. Then I try to give them advice and to look at the good side of things. I wish that every person would make it their responsibility to try and make everyone else feel happier because it would make the world such a better place. I am not saying that every person has to go out of their way to make sure that someone is okay, but if every person could just wear a simple smile on their face, people would be amazed by the difference it would make. I like to think that I am pretty well liked by most people and that people can agree that I am a pretty happy person. This is how I put the burden on myself to change the nature of the school and make a difference by showing just a little bit of happiness. Then just maybe it will rub off on everyone else and the school will finally be truly