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WE CAN NOT CHANGE THE WORLD DIRECTLY, BUT WE CAN CHANGE HOW WE SEE THE WORLD AND THEN THE WORLD CHANGES TOO<\/strong>.<\/em>\u00a0When I was first introduced to this principle, I failed to understand it.\u00a0 I had always believed that it was our task to change the world.\u00a0 What I now understand the statement to mean is that changing how we think must come first and when we have changed that, our behavior changes and the world then reflects those changes.\u00a0 It\u2019s clear, we have work to do.\u00a0 There is much in the world that needs changing, from my perspective.\u00a0 But I want to be clear, changing how we think, the first task, isn\u2019t an easy one.\u00a0 Our mind set has become habitual so it takes concentrated willingness and effort to even consider there is another way to perceive the world around us.\u00a0 But we can do it.<\/p>\n

The impact individuals can have on the world has been demonstrated, historically, by many powerful people.\u00a0 Recall for a moment the efforts of even a few of these: Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Ghandi, even Betty Ford for what she did on behalf of lessening the stigma of alcoholism.\u00a0 Even today, we continue to feel the impact of the changes minds such as theirs had the courage to make.\u00a0 And for none of them, were the opinions they held easily protected.\u00a0 Many people fought against their ideas.\u00a0 In fact, three of the five were assassinated for their views.\u00a0 But the ideas they cherished lived on.<\/p>\n

I think we are all being called to look closely at this world we share and to ask ourselves, \u201cIs this the world I want to live in?\u00a0 The world I want my children and grandchildren to inherit?\u201d\u00a0 And if it\u2019s not, be willing to do the next right thing to change it.\u00a0 And for most of us, the next right thing might be to change our minds so that we can see the potential for a different world.\u00a0 I am familiar with a spiritual path that says we always see what we want to see.\u00a0 It goes on to say that if we want a \u201cdifferent picture,\u201d we must project one.\u00a0 I used to think that making us responsible for the picture that gets projected was denying what actually existed.\u00a0 Now I am grateful that I am seeing what I have chosen to see.\u00a0 Becoming accountable for the world \u201cout there,\u201d makes me much more conscious about how easily my thoughts lead me to places I don\u2019t really want to go.<\/p>\n

I consider it a very hopeful assignment to be in charge of the world I see.\u00a0 Taking responsibility for helping to make this a more peaceful, loving world, is a worthy task for any day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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