The Audacity of Passion

How will you follow your passion?

How will you use your education to make the world a better place?

Getting people to care for the environment is going to take one important thing: we are going to have to inspire passionate emotions on other people. Humans seem to be fond of passion; often we only move to do anything when we feel an intense emotion. Take, for instance, a person in love. There is nothing or very few things this person wouldn’t do to fulfill their love passion. Thus, in order to get people to move one has to inspire some type of intense emotion in them.

Al Gore I think did a very good job at inspiring strong emotions, at least in me. Instead, of just seeing the facts, I was able to see a humane aspect of Gore’s life. We humans like to relate to other people, and the film encouraged just that.

Two of the things of which I am the most passionate about are Music and History. Somehow, I will have to find a way of connecting all of these together so that I can passionately inspire other people to care for the environment.

Although I am not a musician of popular music, as an artist I have tremendous power over other people. This is a very valuable tool I have in my hands. Maybe transmitting environmentally conscious statements before and during my performances can help inspire other people to care for the environment. In fact, as I am a performer of traditional Afro-Caribbean music, and our music often carries socially and culturally conscious beliefs then maybe adding the environment to the equation would not be a bad idea.

But yet a large part of being able to inspire other people has to do with having the tools to do so. Education is the vehicle that can conduce us to raise awareness and inspire others. We must possess the tools that will allow us to present things in an organized and interesting manner. Gore was particularly successful at this. He was able to present the slide show interestingly clearly and in an ascending way.

Additionally, people are skeptical as to whether we can actually do anything about the environment. Do we as a global community have the ability to make change for the better? Absolutely. But in order to visualize this people must be able to see specific examples in which groups of people have massively organized to achieve something. We must show people that history repeats itself, and not only the bad things. Positive portions of history can also be repeated. And this is how my degree in history will allow me to make the world a better place. I will convey that people do have the power to change for the better.

So, in conclusion, I think that saving our planet will require us to inspire passion in ourselves. Passion is an audacious trait. With passion almost everything can be accomplished; with passion nothing seems unsurmountable.

HYBRID CARS: Check this website out. I think that one of things that is going to cause the most trouble in the "going-green" process is the fact that Americans would have to give up their big SUV's. Therefore, i think it is important that we start to recognize the benefits of using Hybrid Cars. Not only are they cheaper, but also much more economical in terms of gas and repairs.

Obama's Speech on Race: I have also decided to include this speech because I think it is one of the most remarkable speeches I have ever heard in my life. With a touch of eloquence, Obama manages to talk about the sensitive problem that plagues the United States. In his speech he calls for change together as a people, as "Americans" regardless of race. Please if you have the chance listen to this speech; i can guarantee that it will not be a waste of your time.