Isn’t it interesting how when we don’t think things can change, we settle for less? We become fine with the injustices and allow them to be perpetuated. We decide that things are this way, were always this way, meant to be this way, and are best staying this way. There’s no better solution, so let’s just settle for what we have now. There’s no need for improvement, because there’s no way to fundamentally change things. It’s not worth it to try, because it won’t make a difference or it will take too long or it doesn’t matter because other people won’t change.
This is what happens all the time, we turn a blind eye. Or we complain and sit complacent. Or we get angry and break windows. Or we cry and list the unsolvable problems. Or we crucify others and find no fault in ourselves. Or we think about how to do something about the problems. This is what I try to focus on as I learn about how workers in foreign countries are exploited in factories and on farms, about their low wages and how they’re just going to drop lower out of competition from all corners, about how companies care more about hitting quotas than improving the standard of living for all people they serve - the people they provide products for and the people they provide jobs for. I know big business has a bad name for a reason. And I know things are complicated. I know there are worse systems than capitalism, and that this is the lesser evil. Churchill says something along the lines of capitalism being the best option for now, because there’s no better solution. Utopias are nice in theory, but people are selfish, so they aren’t going to work. Heaven is nice in theory, but is grand in reality, because it’s not created by human imagination even if that’s the only way we can try to understand it. Basically, it’s late, so I probably don’t know what I’m talking about. But all I’m concerned with is the fact that since college has begun a month ago, I have been utterly clueless regarding what I want to do with business. I know I want to pursue international business. I know I’m going to pursue a Mandarin track and take advantage of my heritage and background. And I know Kenya will always be on my heart. I’m just hoping these things will all collide into something beautiful, and I have hope they will. But always forever, I want to keep a grasp on the balance of the world.The complicated balance of lives grounded to the soil of the earth.I want to know the whole story, I want to understand. I want to hear from the biased and the passionate, I want to hear from the ones who think they can change the world, I want to hear from the ordinary, from the ones who don’t even understand. And I want to share a dream. A dream to make lives better, to give business a better name, to be transparent and honest, to put communication above competition. I don’t know how I’ll do it yet. But first, I don’t want to lose sight of this dream. One day I will envision it in the cavities of my brain. And it will pump through the chambers of my heart. And then I will see it before my very eyes. With all the glory to my Father.
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