Something True

I saw something today on my way back to my room. It was etched into a column, as we classy people at college sometimes do, and it made me stop and think for a moment.

"It only takes one."

That's what the column said. And as I continued walking, I thought to myself, "My god, that is so true." It only takes one person in a crowd of people to stand up and say something is wrong. It only takes one person to lead a group. It only takes one person with a bright idea to change the world a little bit.

Of course, it could have meant that it only takes one bout of unprotected sex to transfer an STD. Or that it only supposedly takes one hit of crack cocaine before you're addicted. It only takes one slap to make you abusive. But I prefer to think that they meant something a little bit deeper when they scratched that in.

It only took one Oscar Schindler to save hundreds of lives. It only takes one well trained search dog to find a lost child.

It only takes one.