Imagine A World Where…

I was by 72nd street this week, and I usually don’t look around, rather, go straight to where I need to go, like most New Yorkers I guess. However, while I was about to go down the stairs, this photo caught my eye. A clear blue sky with fluffy white clouds and one simple word, “Dream.” I think that’s a parallel as well as an irony to today’s society. We dream of having world where our ideals become a reality. For some, that may be the fight for our environment, politics, hunger, poverty, anything. However, we often hear the phrase, “that’s how the world works.” I heard it this week in a different class where we were discussing the college admissions scandal, I heard it during a discussion in a class about this Friday’s stand against climate change that is led by a 16-year old. One thing to note, is that a girl who is 16 is leading a global movement. That’s 2019. There is nothing that we can’t begin. What remains uncertain is the follow through of our dreams and aspirations. We are at the age where our dreams, ambitions, hopes, are sky-high. Why stop here? Instead show the world, what can be done, what will be done.