Lately I have had a personal struggle with how broken the world is and how easily we throw each other away like trash. The big things happen and it seems like we have no power to create a better world because we feel there is little we can do to change radical views half way across the world that seem insurmountable. Closer to home we feel powerless to stop child abuse or make sure children have stability and love each and every day or help elderly find safe and stable housing, and the list goes on. Our society has become more and more hands off and community often seems like a historical theory we might study in anthropology. In circumstances like these, how can we really make a difference?
I believe that everyone has the ability and power to be a world changer. Perhaps the ways that we each begin to change the world are not in making million dollar donations to local charities, speaking worldwide about ground breaking strategies and ideas or even writing books that create a national movement. It might be better to start right where we are and make a positive impact on our world each and every day.
So here is the challenge that everyone can rise to: make a positive impact on your world today. This might mean a kind word, encouragement, a token of appreciation, a smile, guidance or silent comfort. It starts with belief. You can do whatever you believe and if you believe that today you can be a world changer in some small way, then you will be a world changer!
It takes genuine heart work to make a difference. The support of community can lift us up to do amazing things, so lets start a community here. We can support one another, share our stories, find common ground and encourage one another to take one more step. Please post comments that will build the framework of our online community of world changers.
And so the adventure, the journey from here to a better world, begins.
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