Leo Tolstoy once said, everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one
thinks of changing himself. He is right. We always have great plans and
dreams in our minds, too ready to achieve something grand that changes
the world or benefits all of mankind .For example; we hate pollution and
have made up our minds to find new energy sources that keep the environment
clean. Yet we still litter on the ground. We complain about traffic jams
, so we plan to build more highways to solve the problem, but it never
occurs to us that our failure to follow traffic regulations is the leading
cause of this situation. We are so concerned that the violence in the
media has a bad impact on our children, we urge the government to set
laws to protect them. But, do we, as adults, set a good example for our
kids? We use nasty words and even spit on the ground in front of them
, I dare to say, we harm more! In my opinion, before we decide to change
the world, we had better change ourselves first. As ordinary individuals
, we do not have the power to change the world. But we can change our habit
of littering, spitting, cussing, we can respect the environment around
us, we must act as good models for our kids. If each of us does all of
these little things, all of us, millions and millions of individuals together
, together we will be strong, strong enough to change our world! So please
, the next time you do something, think how your actions influence not
only you, but those around you too, especially our children „and perhaps
more importantly our planet!