small vs BIG change

Can one person make a difference?

Asking a person if he or she alone can make a difference is a very straightforward question, yet it needs a lot of thinking to properly decipher the answer. Before I even state my personal opinion in this matter, I would like to ask you first: what kind of difference are you trying to make? Are trying to make a small or a big change? If it is a small change, say for example you want to reform a school policy in your district or save your friend's grade by tutoring her  then YES; you alone can make a difference. But if you are gearing more towards a bigger change -say you want to save your country from its tyrannical government or go out to preach a religion- then NO; you cannot make a difference alone. You can start the difference, but you would need a whole lot of people to help support and spread your cause which will eventually lead you to create a bigger difference.

Here is a list people who had made a small difference.

At only 7 years old, Evan Moss
wrote the book "My Seizure Dog"
to help raise money for his friend
who is suffering from epilepsy.

After Abigail Lupi visited her grandma
at a nursing home, she learned that many
of the elderly don't get visitors. So, she made
a difference when she visited and serenaded
 the elders every week.

note: while this people had made a smaller change (meaning they had helped fewer people) than the other persons below, the people close to them and the ones that they have helped might view their actions as a big difference in their lives.

and here is a list of people who had made  a BIG difference

Nelson Mandela had the will to help 

transform the future of a nation. He 

dedicated his life fighting for equality.

Today we still look at him as the first 

black president who moved the world 

in a part engulfed by apartheid. 

Martin Luther, as we all know,
pushed the civil rights movement
in a non- violent way. His "I Have
a Dream" inspired millions

of people, both black and white, 

which led future movements
that aspired for a more equal society.

                                                        --->   To know more people who made a big difference [click here]

In the Help, Skeeter  only stumbled upon the unfairness in her town due to her desire of wanting a small change for herself -- to find a unique topic to get a job. But as she digs in more information and starts to learn how her fellow whites brutally treats those friendly maids, she now aims a bigger change. She wanted to tell the world how the Helps are being mistreated and how it should come to an end. For this difference to be possible, she gathered up as many maids  as she could, collected their personal stories and perspectives regarding the issue, and finally exposed the reality through her book.


So yes, one person can make a small change. But for a bigger change to occur, you would need several   people to partake in your idea. In the case of Skeeter, she started the difference by having the idea to expose the mistreatment through a book, but along the way she needed the help of several maids to successfully make a bigger difference: which was to end the segregation and racism in Jackson Mississippi.

After all, a change -no matter how small or big it is- will impact at least one person's life so try to make a difference.

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