Be the Change You Want to See in the World

It has Never Been About Leaders

Now more than ever I think we can see that it is not up to our leaders to make changes from the top down to the system. Real changes have to come from the bottom up from people passionate about making a difference in the things that they value.

Historically we could all rally around our king yelling, “Long live the King” as he rode into battle leading his greatest warriors all decked out in the best armor and weapons. Once the king was down the battle was quickly over as the troops could no longer operate under his command.

We can’t do this as a system of government for the world at this point - things have grown much too complex imho. We need to find our own individual autonomy and find the ethics within ourselves to bring about the changes that we would like to see around us.

Here’s just a few ideas I’ve thought of. Please come up with your own list of priorities with what you find relevant in your life.

Speak Truth

We don’t like the media distorting the news to the addenda of profit oriented business so why rely on them? We can speak the truth as best as we can from our own individual experiences. No person can be completely unbiased - we are all subject to only the experiences that we have to form our reality.

If it is our truth based on our experiences it will go so much further than any truth that we have read about or not thought about completely. Many people state other people’s truths without really looking at them deeply or applying them to their lives.

Realize that even if you have direct experience of something the mind can still be tricked. Additionally, other people may not have those experiences or even be in a place where they can understand or grow from the experiences you may have had. All people are doing the best that they can based on their experiences and the historical habit energies that allow them to understand and react to their environment.

Be humble in a way that even if things feel perfectly understandable to yourself these things are not necessarily going to be felt or understood in the same way by anyone else. Your own personal truth may not translate well to others. It is not up to you to define and make clear a universal truth to relieve the suffering of all of mankind – thank goodness. ;)

Be Peace

It is not the job of the military industrial complex to be peace. It is your job if that is your priority. It starts with a toleration of other people’s differences and a respect for our common humanity.

Being non-judgmental is good step towards being peace. How can someone make you angry if your not judging them in some way?

Peace in self is peace in the world - how could it be any other way if you really think about it? We after all have to support the ability to take commands and do what is arguably against most peoples nature in order to perpetuate war.

Be Love

It is easier to start with love of self imho. But you can start with loving something. Though, it does not have to someone or even something really. Just be love. It makes it so much easier to go through your day.

You don’t even have to worry about loving somebody and having that love be returned in some way.

Some word of caution about being ‘bliss’ for too long that can be mentally as difficult as being depressed in some ways but your results may vary. ;)

Be Happy

Your happiness really doesn't have to depend on anything or anyone. Just be happy. It is a much better place to move through your life from. Happiness is contagious and will bounce around the world if we let it.

We can be happy at other people success and view it as our own success. For example being happy about the new changes to Steem potentially increasing the value and bringing up the whole community. If we can be happy at other peoples posts bringing success there are so many more reasons to be happy.

Being positive about things can become a self-fulfilling prophesy if enough people rally around it. If we believe we can fix the world economy and build lasting property it could become a reality. Experimenting around with Steemit could lead to big changes.

See Beauty

If we see beauty everywhere we will work to do what we can to preserve it for the next generation. Art, music, poetry and dare I say blogs, can wake us up to see the beauty that is ever present around us.

The wonderful photography that has been posted on Steemit is so welcomed by me. There is beauty everywhere even in the factories and business that are a part of the world.

I think something big will change through the actions of many different little changes. If we like to see beauty maybe soon we will see it everywhere.

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Thanks for reading! Any other changes you would like to see?
Image credit, Earthrise NASA public domain image, 1968.