Potential

I'm thinking of joining the Peace Corps.

I want to make a difference in peoples' lives. I want to help them, to feed them, to give the poor a little bit of another culture and lifestyle that they couldn't get without assistance. I feel like I could do so much, that so many people can do so much, but that they don't do much at all. Unfortunately, most of the people I know here at home have lives revolving solely around a job, drugs, and alcohol. What is that going to do for themselves or anyone in the long run? Niente.

So, I don't know if I will actually do the Peace Corps as my medium of volunteering abroad. I hate to say this, but it seems so cliche. I know it isn't, and that it's probably just that complex I have about being "different" from the norm, but I'm just not sure I would want to go through that organization.

Maybe a Catholic Relief Services job is on the horizon for me.
But, first of all, I plan on returning to Italy and working there for a little. Then I would do some volunteer work.

I'm just keeping myself open to anything. I really want to make a difference and to live life to its fullest. It would be nice if all people realized their potential.....