Chip Ellis: Changing The World

What kind of impression do you want to leave on the world? Would you rather be remembered for your property or your actions? For many, this is a difficult choice that they struggle to make. The late Chip Ellis, however, didn’t falter for a moment when deciding how he wanted to be remembered. He once proclaimed, “A hundred years from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but that the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.” The only thing that Chip wanted in this world was to make a difference to a child. He believed that the most important thing that he could possibly do was to help other people. Chip Ellis proved to everyone that you don’t need a big house or a bunch of money to be special or change the world, all you need is a kind heart and the drive to help just one person. I put a lot of my personal effort into achieving things like good grades and excelling in sports. However, I also spend a lot of my time volunteering for the YMCA through Leader’s Club. Although I do know in my heart that if I am remembered, it
I have learned so much about what it means to be a Leader and a role model. Through the club, I have discovered the joys of serving others and serving the community. To make a child smile is truly the best feeling that one can have and it is all that I hope to receive as payment. I believe that if everyone spent just one hour volunteering a week, they too could begin to form that footprint that everyone has always wanted to make on the world. Maybe they would even start to see that true joy lies within the success of others, not in the numbers in your bank account. Changing the world seems like a daunting task, but if each person is able to touch the lives of one other person, I think we’d soon find out that the world is not as big as it seems to