significant

We as  humans spend so much of our time trying to be significant. Actually we spend a lot of our time trying to look at situations that make us seem significant. Ribbons in swimming are broken down by heat as well as over all. We tell people about our classroom rank instead of or class rank. We break down the SAT into its smallest portion to show that really we are superior no matter what the numbers say. In fact the only time we use “we” is when you individually fall back and hte rest of the team does well. Then what do we say? We did well. What is this desire to be significant. Why can we not be statistically average? The truth is we are. In the grand scheme of things, no one stands for any sort of significance whatsoever.  I can sense the look of dismay on your face as your reading this (creepy huh).  But i think the reason is that we associate significance with influence which are totally two different things. Gandhi was insignificant. How dare I, you say? He went to college abroad, you say, was a leader you say? Big deal, there are thousands if not more of people that fit that mold. Gandhi however was extremely influential. He influenced the world. To me, I think this is far more important than significance. I think that we are lead to believe that because you are not “special” you have no influence. The truth could not be any further from that statement. Some people dont like to think that everyday people can make a difference but yet our world is shaped by them. But really they are the only significant ones of the whole bunch. Significance means nothing, or if it means anything, it is not something that can be aspired for. You can not help your significance. You can help your influence on this world. That would be the only reason to aspire in my opinion. Your significance is but a blip in time while your influence is a ripple.

If it counts for anything, Then I would give everything

Even if it counted for nothing, why keep it, id give everything too