Just a smile away from happiness

Adventure time! Change time!

05 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment

by jemelikova in Uncategorized

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Yes, everybody likes to quote Ghandi. Maybe because everybody wants to bring change, make a difference and become the person you want to be. And I tell you one thing. You can do it. To make a difference you don’t need money, you don’t need contacts, you only need yourself, your brain, your smile, your hand.

Right now I am in gorgeous port of Porto Bello, Panama. Yesterday on a bus here I met Jorge, youg musician, fun person. Tomorrow he organizes clean your town day. Panamanians are known for their lack of concern for trash. Trash is literally everywhere. They throw it away from their car windows, on sidewalks, in front of their houses. And Jorge and couple of volunteers will clean one town in one day. You might think its useless, people will just keep on living their lives, making mess all around them. But what if only two people learned from Jorge? Will it make sense? And what if the whole town learns its lesson? What if this day helps to change mindsets of people in this town.

Neve underestimate the power of one deed. Anything you do can ultimately inspire and change lives of many people. And in the end it can help to change the world. To be safer, cleaner, equal, happy, smiling and…whatever you want it to be.

I had the option of moving to Brussels, starting internship in NATO, put on suit costume. Burocracy did not allow me to do it this time… But maybe it was a sign. Because maybe being in office in front of a computer, in a suit and high heels is not the future I want to live.

So the time of discovery starts. Time of bridging gap between women in Latin America. Time of developing to my full potential. Time to become mujer hecha y derecha.

And now I will get on a boat and I will let the Caribbean winds to take me to Colombia. To start a journey that is not ordinary. To live life to its fullest.

Being grateful and amazed by support and opportunities the world provides us every day.

Peace

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