Wikipedia aptly defines history as: The discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events.
But the average teen thinks of it as a mere conglomeration of words made purposefully with the intention to bore an individual. Most dread the fact that they had to study it.
But the average teen thinks of it as a mere conglomeration of words made purposefully with the intention to bore an individual. Most dread the fact that they had to study it.
"To remain ignorant of things that happened before you were born is to remain a child."
CICERO
On personal note I agree to this. History is not mere words but it the footnotes from the lives of legends. people who have helped carve the life that we are living today.
We don't want to read history but we do want to be a part of it. every individual has this dream - to make a mark, to achieve something. We all sing along to Linkin Park's "Leave Out All the Rest" with this gusto.
" when my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done, let me leave behind some...
memories to be missed."
We want people to remember our little idiosyncrasies and do not want to be a mere note in a fat book ageing in the library.
Why will people remember us ? How do we leave a mark?
no one will like their page to go like-".....and he was a great gamer and chatter used to spend large amount of time on Facebook, lived a normal life died in a one roomed apartment in a shabby old building."
Probably not!(i don't)
Everybody has a hidden talent, something special. One must discover it, explore it and expand it.
We hear success stories of people around us. They are normal human beings too. What makes them so special?
The answer is:The Urge, The passion to excel and do something noteworthy. we can always start making a difference by small steps, starting now- help a random stranger, plant a tree, stop somebody from smoking, etc.
Wake up everyday with a fresh thought , a new idea. an idea to change.
and guess what by the time you are dead you may not have just secured a place in heaven but history as well.
And not just a page maybe enough material to ink a book.
CICERO
We don't want to read history but we do want to be a part of it. every individual has this dream - to make a mark, to achieve something. We all sing along to Linkin Park's "Leave Out All the Rest" with this gusto.
" when my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done, let me leave behind some...
memories to be missed."
We want people to remember our little idiosyncrasies and do not want to be a mere note in a fat book ageing in the library.
Why will people remember us ? How do we leave a mark?
no one will like their page to go like-".....and he was a great gamer and chatter used to spend large amount of time on Facebook, lived a normal life died in a one roomed apartment in a shabby old building."
Probably not!(i don't)
Everybody has a hidden talent, something special. One must discover it, explore it and expand it.We hear success stories of people around us. They are normal human beings too. What makes them so special?
The answer is:The Urge, The passion to excel and do something noteworthy. we can always start making a difference by small steps, starting now- help a random stranger, plant a tree, stop somebody from smoking, etc.
Wake up everyday with a fresh thought , a new idea. an idea to change.
and guess what by the time you are dead you may not have just secured a place in heaven but history as well.
And not just a page maybe enough material to ink a book.
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