“We must become the change we want to see” Goes back to my first question, how do you become something without doing something? To become something implies you have done something.
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” Service requires action, doing.
“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.” Clearly this is all about doing rather than being…
So, my answer is you cannot be anything without doing something. Otherwise it is simply a name you have given yourself. The conundrum is whether or not you can be the change you want to see in the world without requiring everyone else to be the same thing.
Quick question, did any of the people who wrote against the recommendation by Will to see An Inconvenient Truth actually go see it? Or just have knee jerk reactions to Al Gore or the idea that we are tampering with the health of our planet? Between the end of the 2004 & 2005 hurricane seasons, Florida was hit with a record 12 hurricanes in less than 12 months – this is a fact. Everyone I know, who has seen the movie, has been very impressed with the science and facts behind the movie. Regardless of whether or not people want to know that this will happen, it will. The science is there for Global Warming; where is the science that says it is not happening? And I do not mean a ‘pseudo-scientific’ paper edited by a non-scientist and released by our current administration.
Thank you!
Maria Seager, Pasadena, CA
Betsy,
Regarding your question: Can we just “be the change we want to see?” Is that enough? How do we balance the two? How do you - our readers - handle this?
I think the question answers itself when we become the change we want to see. As we walk the path we were meant to walk, new doors open, and our vision of the change, our vision of our role changes, so our actions also change. Today we wonder if we need to participate in an action or event. Tomorrow when we are being the person we need to be, we may get the internal messages to be at that event. Or to stay away and contribute some other way.
Always our connection with the whole provides the avenue for us to understand what we need to do or where we need to be, even if that is sitting at home, becoming more self aware. Next > 1 2 3
