“Greatness arises not from what you do externally, but from what you dare internally.”
You hear people all the time saying that they want to change the world, that they want to have a big impact in the world and of course, I think it’s amazing and all of us should think this way, but saying and doing there are two different things.
Sometimes I feel like we want to change the whole world, but not ourselves, and not how we treat those close to us, because that’s how you actually start changing the world. You start with yourself, and then you continue with those around you, and the influence you will have on them, it will later expand on those around them… and little by little will manage to change the world.
It’s beautiful to have this big bold vision, but if within you there is turmoil and anxiety, if within you there is anger and frustration, that is exactly what you will pass on to others, and if you are focusing too much “on the world” and how to change it at once, you will actually miss the big picture, and you will never understand what changing the world really means, and how changing the world can actually be done.
If you are disrespectful with those close to you, whether they are big or small from your perspective and if you, and if you don’t project on them that which you want to offer to the whole world, you will never achieve your goal.
How you treat anybody is how you will treat everybody, and if you don’t expand your love, your kindness and your generosity on the genitor, the waiter that is serving your dinner in your favorite restaurant, on the person who is cleaning your house, on the beggar from across the street, you will never really be able to expand your generosity on the whole world.
You change the world by changing yourself, by starting with how you look at this process, and you will change the world by changing the way you treat yourself and ever person you interact on daily basis. That’s how you change the world.
~love, Luminita💫
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Luminita D. Saviuc
Luminita is the Founder and Editor in Chief of PurposeFairy.com and also the author of 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy: An Inspiring Guide to Discovering Effortless Joy. For more details check out the 15 Things You Should Give Up To Be Happy Book Page.
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Ashish
at 8:56 am
Very very nice…
ratna
at 6:00 am
I agree………
Dusty
at 10:35 pm
Great post! I agree with a lot of it. If you want to change the world and have a plan to do so, I say follow it. Maybe your happiness it pursuing this plan of yours. Maybe, you’re not happy now, but pursuing your dream is probably the best road to happiness. Follow your heart. Remember life isn’t a destination, it’s a journey.
Now if pursuing this still doesn’t make you happy, then why? Things like failures and mistakes should actually help us reevaluate what’s important to us and make us stronger. Then we can go on to make new goals that are important to us, as we, ourselves, change.
danaadmin
at 3:11 am
Happy to see this, Cameron 🙂
Cameron
at 8:24 pm
Just based on my own experience, i have to say that this is one of the greatest truths to influence my own life. I’ve always wanted to be a source of positive influence and change, and i found that the best place to start was with myself.
Thanks for writing your blog, by the way. I stumbled upon it today and i like what i’ve read so far.