Let's hear John Lennon's view of a perfect world because I think he has some good insight:
Yes, it's the Glee version. =)
Anyway, my perfect world fits on somewhere in there. I want people to be content with who they are and not have to worry about how their lives might have turned out differently had they chosen to go one way or the other. In my perfect world, everyone has food, clothes, shelter, and an education. Learning is one of my favorite things to do and if only some people bothered to appreciate to learn new things, the world would be a little more peaceful and respectful. That's another thing. Respect. It can be applied to so many different areas but I feel it is an issue that needs to be dealt with. We need to not only respect each other but respect ourselves as well.
I'm big on developing/maintaining the relationships and friendships I have with others. It turns out I am what some call an Individualizer. I think that if people were in tune with those around them, and really cared about them, then they would value their relationships and work hard to keep them growing. Friendship is one of the most important things to me, although I have my faults as well. Over the years I have come to realize how much I value friendship, and if the rest of the world were to feel the same way as me, a lot of problems would be solved. We wouldn't start wars because when you care about someone, and really value who they are as an individual, you would not do anything to bring about harm.
Love. All you need is love. But I think the idea of love has been so commercialized that people have forgotten its meaning and purpose. Love should be unconditional, forgiving, understanding, and caring. We need to love each other, as one, huge, universal family. Again, you don't hurt the ones you love.
Ideally, in my perfect world there's no pain, no disease, no death. I'm not really sure if that's possible, since I'm sure the earth can support a maximum amount of people, but anything is possible in this blog! Tears that fall would be happy tears, not ones of sorrow. I would be able to read whatever I want for as long as I want and wherever I want. You remember in Beauty and the Beast, the part where he shows Belle the library? Well, I'm going to have a room in my house just like that. Huge big windows, books lined up floor to ceiling. Sheer bliss.
So let's recap: my perfect world has respect, valued friendship, love, and the absence of bad feelings/situations. I think this sums up everything pretty well, because I feel that so many more good things come out of these general ideas. My blog would never end if I listed all the details of my perfect world. I have high standards.
Now the question is: What role does (or should) sorority/fraternity life play in achieving your perfect world?
The purpose of sorority and fraternity life is to build strong people to be the leaders of tomorrow. Not only do we need leaders, but we also need people who are responsible, who uphold the values and ideas I see in my perfect world. The fraternity is the foundation upon which we mold ourselves to be respectful and responsible people. The fraternity is there to enforce the values that we would already have. It is there to build on our character we have already formed. There is always room for improvement.
To be honest, this has been one of the more difficult prompts to blog for. I think it's because I already had read some other blogs.. and I tried not to copy any of their ideas. And I guess it's because I'm not quite sure I know how I want my perfect world to be. I haven't lived enough to figure out what I absolutely love and what I don't. I'm only starting to figure out who I am on top of my values and what I hold dear to my heart. Perfection can be deceiving, for without hardships, how could we appreciate perfection, let alone recognize it?
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