Make a Difference

Áine on September 25th, 2007 filed in Politics, Activism

I’d like to do something I knew would make a difference.

We can never know that what we do will truly make a difference, all we can do is to try and keep trying, and never losing hope or giving up.

These words that we write here… some people may think that none of this is doing anything, that it won’t make any difference… but I say to you: You do not know who may be reading along, taking notes, passing along the words or the ideas behind them. Do not lose hope, it’s the only thing that can conquer our fears.

I used to think that nothing I did online could make any difference at all in the realm of politics… and perhaps it hasn’t. But when I heard the words I’d written coming out of a candidate’s mouth during the second and third presidential debates… my jaw dropped… someone had been reading, taking notes… it may not have made a difference in the outcome of the debates or the election or even in the country… but it made a difference in me.

*soft smile*