Connecting the human lifelines

I wish I had connections… real connections that could get me a job or bring me to amazing places or even box seats to a baseball game. But for some reason I don’t. I am a first-generation born son in America and I have to establish my own roots.

Don’t get me wrong, I love my parents and all they have done for me. They risked a lot coming here and formed their own lives pretty well as well as raised a great family. But maybe it is because of the area I live in that makes me feel like I wish I knew more important people. I am surrounded by other kids with parents as doctors, researchers, and even millionaires. And then they gain more friends and favors and I feel more out of the loop. Of course I would be jealous sometimes but there’s nothing I can really do about it so I tend not to care. But maybe this is why I try so hard to make a name for myself. Since I don’t have a legacy to follow I will create my own.

It’s no one’s fault that I am where I am today. It was simply a stroke of luck that I was even raised in a ‘normal’ standard of living. But whenever I hear of other people meeting extraordinary people or going to extravagant places simply because of a connection, I wish I had that. So I decided to put matters into my own hands and try to become someone important. If there was any opportunity to go somewhere or do something out of the ordinary, I would take it and hope for the best. I take every opportunity as a chance for great things to happen so this is what this blog has become. A chance for great things to happen.

I tend to get overly ecstatic whenever I meet anyone I consider famous. This can be anyone from a CEO to a famous blogger! I consider them famous because they have the power to influence a large amount of people just by doing something they love. I only shook hands with the CEO of Zinch and didn’t even know he was that big of a deal at the time! And I only talked to 17 year-old entrepreneur/college sophomore Jessica Mah on Gtalk but that makes me feel important. Even though I know she’s just another teenager, I treat every conversation with her special because what she wrote has affected so many other people including me. She was basically the person who sparked my interest in starting a blog thus the creation of CanTheWorldHearMe.

Maybe one day people will find me again and think “Oh I used to know that kid!” Or maybe I do have connections and I’m just being greedy. Maybe I’ll fail at making a legacy and all my efforts were a waste. Or maybe I’m just thinking too much. Well always expect the unexpected…

~Kevin X