I struggle with feeling like I am making a difference in the world. I am too selfish to give all my property away and go off and live and help the poor. My well digging skills are not up to much and frankly, I am city girl who likes concrete and street lighting. Even putting me in the middle of a field at dusk in the UK freaks me out. So how can I help, how can I make a difference?
A lot of people may look at me and say that I don’t and I can’t. Maybe they are right. But I am heartened by the thoughts that a long journey is taken one step at a time. My assistance may not be epic, my changes may not affect a population, but they do affect someone. Even if that someone is just me.
I believe that it is not about the words you speak (or type) that is going to change someone else’s behaviour. They need to see you walking the walk. They are more motivated by seeing the behaviour. It is more real.
Unless you are in the public eye, very few people see your behaviour. If you manage to make someone else think or feel or act, even slightly differently and for the greater good, then you have done a good thing.
Remember, you can help, sometimes, it just takes one person at a time.
Ghilaine
@LadyGhilaine
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