By Jesse Lewis

It’s easy to look at the world today and feel discouraged by how things are in general. Maybe it’s getting worse all the time and maybe it’s not. How much of this is perception is difficult to know, since we live only a short time in this life-in the grand scheme of history.

So when we consider whether it’s worth the effort to move forwards with trying to change the world in a positive way, doubt has this sneakyness about it. It wants to creep into your heart and cripple you.

The truth is…

If what you do personally is but a drop in the ocean of all existence…

with that drop, you change the ocean. It’s no longer the same ocean it was, before you. With a glance it seems unchanged, but it’s not the same. When you practice positive action in your own life and reach for positive change for the better, within you, you will end up feeling it personally. You become your experience, you become your drop in the ocean. And as part of the ocean, you are changing it.

With enough of us, the ocean as a whole is going to start to show more clearly its differences. The waves may continue, but we can survive and be mindful of the fact that we’re all connected to form the whole.

Thich Nhat Hahn said the wave becomes enlightened the moment it realizes it is water.

Focus on what you can change within yourself for the better and you will automatically be changing the world.

Jesse Lewis is currently the Operations Director for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides services to individuals with a hearing loss and their families.

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