Challenge 16: Quote

104. What is your favorite quotation and why? (Princeton)

“Things don't have to change the world to be important.”
                                                                       -Steve Jobs

What does it take to be important? Each individual has their own opinion, and from there, he/she will take it and decide whether it is important or not, “things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

The little things in life that we take for granted are those that affect us immensely. The most important thing to me is my family. The love my family showers me with is something that nobody else can do, and that means a lot to me. This is something no one else will feel but me. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

The friends I am lucky to have are important to me. Their friendship is something I will treasure for life. It is my friends that cheer me up and make school life a lot more enjoyable. Without my friends, my world would be empty, but this doesn’t affect the rest of the world. They don’t care about that girl who has no friends. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

The smiles that I see, and laughter I hear, everyday are important. They make the day so much brighter, even on a gloomy winter morning when your brain is half-dead. Smiles are a silent way of communicating and can sometimes have more meaning than words. Laughter, as saying the saying goes, is the best medicine. It relieves you from stress and keeps you younger. The best and most important thing about laughter is that it has a domino effect and makes others laugh too. “Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”

My life goes on, and every other thing seems to be important. I have a wide range of things that are important to me, from materialist things to things that can’t be bought. Yet, most of these don’t change the world but are still important to me.