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Sat 28th Sep 2024 06:26

Actions Betray Intentions

by Anastasia Alleeva

I've seen into countless minds. I've learned a few things over the course of my life in regard to how people think. The most valuable lesson I learned is that most people want to help. People often fail to help for a collection of reasons; what will others thing of me?, do they want my help?, what if I can't help enough or my help is wrong?, what could I possibly do?. People rarely fail to help because they simply don't want to. The world would be so much better if people simply had the will to act, don't you think? I refuse to hide away from injustice any longer, I cannot be a part of the problem for a single breath more. I finally understand what my father meant when he said "If you can help, help". Its a phrase so simple, and most people would almost certainly agree with it, but how many lived by it? The only ones I can think of are my parents and perhaps two or three others I've encountered during my lifetime.
I used to believe it to be a monumental, perhaps inhuman, task to live up to my father's legacy. Now I see that surpassing his work is well within reach, and that is because he did his duty as a parent. Will I be a good parent? Will I ever even be a parent? I think I want kids... but I'm not certain.

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