Today I was watching yet another round of negative news coverage and I got to thinking… My initial reaction to an election that happened two years ago was to be completely jaded. I felt (like most around me) like the world was collapsing before me. It took me about a year to process that anger and try to understand what was happening…
I feel now like I have a much better understanding that grew within me. We see things outside of ourselves that we can’t control and think we’re powerless. We think our efforts and our lives are so tiny compared to all of the chaos in this giant world we live in. And in a way you’d be right to think you’re so small in this vast world. And yet that’s also where the answer to your power lies.
To change the macrocosm you have to change the microcosm. If you want to change the country you have to change its citizens. If you want to change poverty you have to be a channel to help the poor – regardless of how small you think your efforts are. If you want love when your surroundings are hateful you have to deliberately choose to spread love and not turn into the hate around you. If you want to be rich you have to look at your day to day habits that will one day get you there. If you want to be healthy you make one small healthy change at a time until you get there.
You have more power than you know. Because changing your own life changes the lives of those around you. And those people then change those around them. One candle can start a wildfire. One idea can change the minds of all of humanity.
So next time you feel powerless to your surroundings… Next time you feel like everything “out there” is so bad that you’re hopeless… Look at your own life and your own self and take responsibility. If you change your life, you can change your world.
Sending you positive vibes,
Eros
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