In front of my computer right now, I'm sifting through a list of Voluntary Organisations in Oxford which welcome volunteers under 18 years of age. I'm having a hard time deciding which one to join. I would love to be a part of an organisation which allows me to really interact with the people and not just raising money for them. I've already has a fair share of that in school as a member of 'Building Future' club where we do charity works and raise funds to build schools in less developed countries.

In one way or another, I know that the things that we do are going to help these people immensely but I would really like to get to know them as well. Sometimes you are so focused on yourself that you missed out on everything that is happening around you. You forget how fortunate you are to be leading the life that you so despised. I have heard people, with a perfectly normal lives, cursing their lives so many times in a week. Do they even realise how lucky they actually are? You can sometimes be so self-centred that you do not have the time to empathise with others who would do anything to be you.

It's a thought worth pondering over.