illusions of grandeur

think global, act local. it's a nice slogan. shame most people can't see it while they are so lost in concerns about the human misery and the social gaps the world has. because it's so easy to help the guy next door. it's so easy to bring a smile to someone's face with something so little and yet so full of meaning, so full of intentions. but this is the way we live our lives: we argue about the perfect world that is never to come, while never caring about changing the little chunk of earth that lies around us. we call for the world to change, but we do nothing to change what's within our reach. we say that society is wrong, but the society is ourselves, and we are so obsessed with the society's problems that we forget the ones around us. we want to make a big difference, and we complain that we cannot. we could, however, make a little difference. but alas, we don't.