Your Power to Change the World is Greater Than You Think!
I wanted to change the world.
When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.
I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.
When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.
Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.
My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.
—Written by an unknown Monk around 1100 A.D.
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Editor: Tanya L. Markul
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Thank you so much for posting! This resonated so deeply with me. I want to cling to this hope with both hands.
Your welcome!:)
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