Lately, there has been so many news reports and videos on social media with the word "devastation" involved. Naturally, I click to stay informed about what is going on elsewhere in the world, only to click out and feel devastated.

Here's everything that I have seen in a nutshell: Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma and its aftermath in Puerto Rico, Las Vegas shooting, police brutality, terrorist attack in Somalia, mudslide in Sierra Leone, the #metoo movement. The list could go on forever.

Every day, there is something I see and read to make me think, "What can I do?" I try my best to get myself to be involved with relief, aid, and awareness towards these countries, people, and groups that are in need of support at this particularly difficult time. But I often find myself more concentrated in the awareness category, just as the majority of us are.

I am devastated because I know, just like every other person on social media and watching the news, of what is going on in the global spectrum. I see children, families, and the elderly suffering in conditions no human should ever face. People are enraged about the lack of government support to Puerto Rico and Trump's ignorance and seriousness towards the country's unfathomable situation. The loss of loved ones over someone's actions to take lives for who knows what true reason.

Women who struggle to share about their personal life and are trying to build the courage to shed light on a life-changing experience that has been hidden beneath their skin for a long time. All I see are people that are hurting. I am aware. The media has done a great job raising awareness, and I can tell that action is attempted in efforts to raise money or collect items to send.

When I tell myself, "I will contribute to that fund," or "I want to donate my a box or two of clothes/non-perishable items there," my list just happened to get bigger and longer. Finding one thing happening after another and realizing I can't save the world from its problems devastates me.

I'm sure this has been happening since the beginning of time, and I am grateful that the media is able to cover more and more of these events to make me aware that the world is bigger than just my own. It has come to my understanding that devastations happen every day around the world. So, now I often think of what happens "out there" while I am in class, or laying in bed watching Netflix, and feel guilty that there are people out there that have recently lost everything to a tragedy out of their control.

I strongly urge everyone to stop and reflect, before scrolling or walking past an opportunity to provide support or help people who do not have the ability to ask their neighbor for help. Communities are in need of people like you, who are probably reading this on a device where you can also use it to do some research on how to contribute.

No need to use it to argue with each other and become controversial. The world doesn't need any more of that right now. Big or small, anything goes a long way. Let this be a chance to work together, because I know I will be contributing.

Now, after reading this, will you consider it too?