Change Your World - Quest 1

XYZ has just launched CHANGE YOUR WORLD or CYW, in short. As usual, we met with a few other CGs in Room 103. Eunice and Alliyza had the privilege of leading us in the interesting icebreaker. Everyone had to partner with someone, make observations on that person, and then, both had to make a change somehow. Both partners have to spot the changes of their opposite partners. (Example of a change: the position of where you wear your watch)

Today we just did Quest 1. We started off with watching the "You Can't" video - it contradicts the fact that you can make a change! After that, we had "THE CHANGE CHALLENGE" or a debating session. We were divided into 10 groups, in which 5 groups are "advocates of change" and the other 5 groups are "opponents of change". We had to argue on one of these 3 statements:

• We can change the way we treat foreign students or foreign workers.
• We can change our stance against sex and relationships
• We can change our attitudes towards our school and campuses.
  
  My group was "against change" (we picked the 3rd point) and we came up with some points as follows:
• People have negative mindsets...cannot la!
• Too many people involved...
• It's just temporary, that's why.
• Students are immatured to make changes!
• The community can't support us..
• Some people are just conventional.
• Changes might cause things to go wrong... it's risk-taking!
  Well, just stick to the status quo!!

Then, our "proponents" emphasized how change is gradual...and it's GOOD. That's about what I remembered! We shall move on to the "MOTIVATIONAL TALK" on change.

Resistance to Change.

• Own self
• Others: Family and friends.

3 Resistance to Change and their antidotes:

• Complancency ---> Compassion
  

• Fear ---> Courage
  
• Ignorance ---> Awareness
  

Reading is a way to get updated on what's happening around the world.

COMPLACENCY: Means that you don't care, think about yourself only, bored, lazy, no excitement to progress or dream, contented with mediocrity. A quote from Albert Einstein: "The world is not dangerous because of those who don't harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything"

Consider a boy on the beach. One day, as he was throwing starfishes back into the sea from the seashore, an old man came up to him and asked, "Why are you doing this when you can't save all of them?" The boy was genuine enough to say that "I've made a change!" (eventhough it was little)

FEAR: The number one enemy of new possibilities. (I suppose everyone has at least one kind of fear, whether known or unknown). That's why we need courage to venture ahead despite the pounding in our heart that says, "Turn back!"

IGNORANCE: The "I don't care" attitude. You can't change something you're not aware of, right? It simply blinds us to the pressing issues happening in our world.

Let's start now.. make a change!

[MiCH]