"An eight letter word that startd by T and ends in D"

Today in class a teacher told us a thought that struck me in so many ways.

She said 'Humans are made to trascend'.

At first, I thought 'trascend' meant to be timeless, to leave something behind, to stay in the world after many centuries..

But that wasn't the meaning. 'Transcend' apparently meant to go beyond conventional. To cross the barriers of knowledge, feeling, thought.. To depeen. To do more than what we are expected to, to BE more. Or so she explained.

After I got home, I inmediatly turned on the computer and went into the dictionary.

Transcend stands for:

1. to leak out, to become known

2. to spread, to have a wide effect



Now I see none of us were wrong. It has many meanings, as do a lot of things in life. 'To have a wide effect' states that we must leave something; a chage, perhaps. 'To leak out, to become known, to spread' are all pointing towards the latter. To go beyond. To spread our wings and fly away.

This has officially become one of my new favorite words. I never knew it existed, and now that I do, I can see its profound purpose. I can see why the teacher used it at class.



Of course we are made to do change, to influence, to go beyond standarts.. But usually, people think that by this they need to become president, find the cure to cancer, influence hundreds of thousands.. But it doesn't has to be that way.

Change start in ourselves, and then, it proceeds to reach out for others. I don't mean we should all go out and become world leaders. By teaching one person something important and good, we are trascending.. We are leaving something behind, and as little as it might seem, it is actually huge. It is huge to be capable of changing one person's life. To make that person smile, to encourage, or to simply let the other thinking. Do you guys remember the movie 'Pay It Forward'?

It is that simple. Who would've imagined a little eight year old would begun a chain of teachings and favors that would later include and change for life an entire community? Who would've thought, that by offering his help, he would be giving much more than that, but himself. Literally.

I believe we can do so much if we want to. A little smile, might change someone's day completely. A little favor, might remind some of the importance of helping. A word, might give meaning to a life. And the sharing of our thoughts, might offer clarity.



As for myself, I think I've taught. Not so much as changed, but at least left a bit of wisdom and love to people. Or at least I hope.



WG