My Own Little World Analysis

During this school quarter, students have been called to take a closer look at the Catholic Social Teachings that our faith has advised us to follow. Specifically, we have been focusing on one teaching, option for the poor and vulnerable. When my class began to elaborate more on it in religion, I began to find connections to the teaching all around me. The most significant factor that caused me to really contemplate the option for the poor and vulnerable, however, was the song that Ms. McCready played in class one day. It was called My Own Little World and was sung by Matthew West. Instantly, the beat of the song and the lyrics caught my attention. I quickly found connections between the song and my own life, which is something that most songs …show more content…
He explains how nothing ever goes wrong by saying, “In my own little world it hardly ever rains… got some money in my pocket shoes on my feet.” When I daydream about what my own perfect world would be like, I am greeted with similar thoughts: I have a bunch of friends, I look gorgeous all the time, and I’m provided with everything I want. Sure, it’s a nice escape from real-world stress and complications, but it isn’t really what’s happening in my actual life. Sure, not everything can be as perfect as I want it to be, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be thankful for what I do have, as imperfect as some of it may be. When listening to this song, I realized that a large quantity of human beings on this earth are not as fortunate as I am. They don’t have a home, or food, or money to support themselves. All they have are the clothes on their back and whatever other items that they can scrounge up. I saw that the artist was having the same struggle as me of choosing between dream and …show more content…
What if I'm missing out? What if there's a greater purpose I could be living right now?” This being the most repetitive theme in the song struck a chord with me, especially emotionally. With these three questions, I was really forced to ask myself what I was doing to help people in the world. Although I contribute to school drives and community fundraisers, do I try to do more? Do I find other ways to help those in unfortunate situations? Or do I just think that what I do is enough? In one of the first verses of the song, the lyrics even state, “I throw a twenty in the plate but I never give 'til it hurts.” There is so much more I could be doing at the moment to help people in the world. Instead, I just leave everything to others. This isn’t what God intended. He wants us to give all that we can to help those in need. Through this song, I can see that I can’t just sit in my “perfect world” and believe that everything is right with the world. I need to take action and do my best to make the world I have a happy one, another reason why this song is important to