I wanted to change the world

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You can’t look at the world today without wondering, “How did things get this bad”. Everywhere you turn you see evil and hatred, bad people and bad ideas. You want things to change. You want the world to change. What can you do?

When we are young and foolish, we think we can change the world. We soon learn that the world is big and we have very little power to change it. Eventually, we give up and get on with our lives, hoping someone else will lead the charge.

This isn’t a new phenomenon. Wanting to change the world has been around for a very long time. In 1100 A.D., an unknown monk penned this poem:

I Wanted To Change The World

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.

Change yourself and you can change the world.

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