The first 2 or 3 years were quite good as I learnt to crawl, walk and talk, as well as many other skills. Through primary school not much happened to be honest, I was violent and a tad insane but apart from that it was all pretty much normal. Throughout my high school years I've become less violent and more insane. But what have I achieved?
To be honest, I can't actually think of anything noteworthy. Pages of incomplete scripts and books is hardly an achievement or a legacy. Weak political and philosophical ideas that would never hold up under even the lightest level of scrutiny aren't either.
But maybe I'm looking at this all wrong. If I'm measuring my achievements by their impact on the world maybe I should be looking at my effects on a smaller scale and my direct impact on what makes up the world; people. Any two people who interact with each other for any amount of time will have an impact on each other. So I must have had an impact on everyone I've ever met, no matter how little. The question is, was it overall a positive or negative impact on the people I've known? This depends on how you think of an impact, as even someone who hurts someone else can still make them stronger, so is it a positive impact?
I can't answer that and I can't say what kind of impact I had on each person, but I know I had one. And anyone who impacts one person, impacts the world.
So I'll put that as my greatest achievement.
Maybe I'll have some real ones in the next 16 years and won't have to make a rubbish excuse again.
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