With all that’s happening in the world right now between the upcoming election, the wars, the famine, and other devastating situations, it can seem like too much to take in. Everyone keeps talking about the problems of the world and how to solve them. Yet, maybe there’s more to the situations than that. This is the quote that keeps coming to my mind:
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~Leo Tolstoy
Maybe one of the keys to improving the world is actually us making positive changes within ourselves… Maybe it has to do with our looking inward to see and identify how our actions (even the smallest ones) can impact the lives of others and the greater world. I will fully admit that I am guilty of thinking too much about changing the world and not enough about making changes within myself.
Normally, we think about changing ourselves at the start of a new year. It’s in January that we deeply think and come up with ideas about what we need to do to improve ourselves and fulfill our goals. But by the end of the month, many times those ideas are out the window and our old habits kick in.
I understand this. Making change is hard and focus on improving ourselves is hard, too. At moments, I can get so determined to help change the world, but at the same time I know that I need to also change things about myself in order to actually help change the world. They both go hand-in-hand.
The fact is that maybe we can only begin to change the world once when we realize that there are things that we have to improve about ourselves first. I’m not only talking about our bad habits or bad qualities. I’m also talking about our perspective about what’s happening and how we can use our lives to change it.
Some people have the perspective that the world will never be perfect, so what’s the point in trying to change it. Others think their actions won’t make a difference so what’s the point in even attempting. I believe that these negative attitudes could be why our world is in the condition that it is right now. It could be that these attitudes that are causing many of us to not make the changes that we need to make in our own lives to then help positively impact lives of others and the greater world. All of these actions and perspectives are connected and again, go hand-in-hand.
Honestly, I truly believe that we were all created for a purpose and that there is something that each of us was placed on this earth to do. We are not just here to be here. Instead, we have to realize that we are here because there is something that we are responsible for doing. There is something that only our life can contribute to the world. Then, from our individual contributions, we can inspire others to also use their lives for something greater than themselves. We seriously need to take the time necessary to look within ourselves in order to change ourselves. As a result, we will then be able to positively change the lives of others. Don’t you agree?
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