The greatest professional satisfaction I have yet had is to see the prosperity in Puerto Rican communities, which had lived on the edge of starvation for four hundred years before I wrote my advertisement. -- Ogilvy
The first time I wrote for a cause happened many years ago.
Organizers of a summer camp for underprivileged children from a US state (which I can't remember now) reached out to me for help. I believe it was in 2006 or 2007. At that time, I had a blog on Blogger where I wrote in English.
I wrote an article and posted it on my blog. I also shared it across various platforms as I usually did — submitting the website URLs to blog aggregators and promoting it on social media.
After writing the article, I completely forgot about it. My intention was simply to help in any way I could. I didn't think that someone living in Italy could assist someone in the United States with their writing.
To my surprise, in the following fall, I received an email from the organization expressing their gratitude for my help. They even included photos from the summer camp.
As a teacher, I felt a deep sense of satisfaction. It served as confirmation that the world is small and that even small steps can make a difference.
Since then, I no longer doubt that I can contribute in my small way to improving the world. We don't have to spend our entire lives searching for a grand purpose to turn the world upside down. Just do what you are trained to do, no matter how small, and it can make a difference.
