THE QUALITIES OF GLOBAL CITIZEN

  “Do you think that our world, where we are living is really a good place?”Nowadays, the society is developing faster and faster. Its purpose is to build a better life for everyone. However, are you sure that all of people in the world have a good life. This world is very large and there are many people, but not all of them have adequate life. Somewhere in our global, many people have to face with poor, war, disease, ect. Luckily, in these places, there are also many people trying to make the world become better and better. They are global citizens. Becoming global citizens require a lot of qualities, however, base on the attitude toward themselves as well as others, there are three necessary qualities: empathy, respect, responsibility.

   Empathy is the first quality of global citizens. Empathic people are who can put themselves in the shoes of other people and observe problem not only from their sight but also other’s. In addition, they know how to put their point of view away and try to understand how other people are feeling. It’s like only when living in misery, people know how hard the poor life‘s are; only when losing a member in family, people know how do children in the war places feeling when they lose both father and mother. At that time, people will see the similarity between two soul, two feeling and thinking. It become easier for people to understand, share and help the others because being global citizens, people work to help the fortuneless. Thinking about others, helping with enthusiasm that begins from heart is manifestation of empathy-an important quality of global citizen.

  Respect is the second necessary quality of global citizens. What is respect? It is the way people accept differences between them and others. Each people, each country has own culture, customs, character, ect. This difference makes special for this person or country. Some time, unluckily, the difference is disease, poor, and misery. However no one wants to be like that and they are still worth to be respect. Imagine that you are working as a global citizen to help children who are victim of AIDS. There are many people who don’t want to contact with them due to scaring. Nevertheless you are willing to take care of the children, play with them and teach them because you know the difference between you and these children. You talk with them, listen to them and even learn from them. That’s respect. Respect becomes more and more important in special working condition of global citizens. They help many people in many countries with many differences in culture, religion, language, ect. Respect makes people understand, enclose and share each other. For instant, many people coming from many countries work together in a group. The conflict in culture is inevitable if each person in this group isn’t respect and don’t understand each other. That’s why respect becomes important with global citizens.

  The third quality but it is also indispensable for global citizens are responsibility. Responsible person is who aware what they are doing, how useful it is. They are willing to be to blame for their decision as well as what they did. Responsible people first must have responsibility with themselves. It is background to respond to others. Because of recognizing what they have done not only affect them but also others, they are more responsible. The effect of work depends on responsibility a lot because being a global citizen, people don’t work individually but in a big organization with many people. It requires each person must have good sense of responsibility to do common work. For example, when work for helping people in a dangerous area such as war area. Responsible global citizens don’t care how hard this work is or what risk they can get but try to complete their mission. This is sense of responsibility of global citizens.

  To become a global citizen isn’t hard for people who are empathic, respectful and responsible. You are the young and you have enough these qualities. Let’s use them as a meaning tool to bring happiness to everyone in our world and you will see that life becomes more beautiful when you live for others.