Every Act Counts
“It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.” -John Wooden
Last Thursday, September 29, 2016, our professor in Corporate Social Responsibility and Good Governance (CSRGOVE) tasked our class to create an individual online journal in a form of a blog. We were told that we could input anything into our weekly posts as long as it is related to CSR, Good Governance or the like.
The announcement of this assignment made me recall an event that happened earlier this same week. While I was eating at Auntie Anne’s with my friend, I was able to witness a heart-warming act. Just outside Auntie Anne’s, a Lasallian student stopped by a street kid and gave him a paper bag with something inside. The kid opened the bag and saw that what the student gave him was food, so he ate happily right outside of the store.
Lasallians are truly more than the stereotype tagged along with them. We are more than labels, and much more than what other schools think of us.I believe that Lasallians have a sense of responsibility when it comes to helping out the community. We are willing to volunteer and help out even though we may sometimes deny it. A professor once told me that he simply adored students from De La Salle University because of how “resilient” they are. Life may throw pebbles, stones or even boulders at us, but we rise up and go beyond our limitations anyway.
Every act of kindness counts no matter how small it may look like. In the past few years, I have learned to pay attention even to the most seemingly irrelevant of details because I know that it may actually create a huge impact on others. We should not take even the little acts for granted because these acts are the ones that have truly changed the world.
“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.” -Colin Powell