Monday, September 24, 2007

am i an agent of change?


In our session today, on what hinders free media I came to the conclusion that it is us, that most of the influencing factors on freedom of the media are generally self imposed and observed, even if the factors that provoke them are external. An interesting point war raised by our colleague from West Papua, according to him in order to excercise and truly commit to free media, we must be agents of change. I agree whole heartedly, but the change must be good and honourable and it should stem from an intention to make a difference and to create a better society. Paolo Coehlo a most admirable author of spiritual phenomenons says that we are warriors of light, that if we fulfill our personal legends, we contribute to the soul of the world, to what makes humanity. Along the lanes of my sometimes utterly confused and ideologically polluted mind, I came to the conclusion that if we want to see change in the world, we have to be that change. We have to live it, define it or do everything in our power to aspire to be it. So in that sense, we are indeed agents of change, whether we be journalists, plumbers, hairdressers or even rubbish collecters, we all contribute in our own way, others inadevertantly and others more directly. Whats important is that we do it with passion, that we make it our responsibility to make a difference.

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