'The Lost World' rings true today

Last Modified: Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at 2:22 p.m.

Most people today are focused on one thing: money. Why is this? Simple: Money makes the world go round, or at least that's what people think. When was the last time you saw someone volunteering their time while expecting nothing in return?

Sir Author Conan Doyle wrote a book called "The Lost World." It describes the journey of a journalist who sets out to find adventure with a scientist. They discover the Jurassic world hidden from all modern things.

Reading this book has made me start to think, have we lost most of the kindness and the good in this world in which we live? Honestly, that's possible with the economy seeing unemployment rates around double digits. I believe we have.

I constantly see rich celebrities flaunting their money buying useless trinkets. Most celebrities when they do volunteer work want it caught on camera so they receive recognition for it. I say you should do volunteer work not expecting any recognition, payment or other type of praise. You should do it because you want to better first your community and second the world.

Michael Jackson's song "Man in the Mirror" stated it perfectly: start with the man (woman) in the mirror. Too many people today worry about what they can get out of helping people, not if the person really needs help.

For example, organ donors know that if they get into a car accident and die, they won't need those organs in the next life, so why not give them to someone who needs them, such as a dying little boy needing a heart transplant? Some people today are so selfish that even when they die they don't want to share. I've got bad news for them, though. Their organs are trashed if they aren't donated.

So why not start to look at that man in the mirror and fix the world so we don't lose it. Make a simple gesture of true kindness, and it will be returned to you.


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