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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma Gandhi

I’ve already written about the meaning of “you must be the change you wish to see in the world”. I encourage you to check it out in one of our earlier blog posts…click here for that article.

In the mean time it’s interesting that Leo Tolstoy has offered the same words of wisdom. What I take from these words is this….humans, by nature tend to look outside of themselves for answers, or better yet…for finger pointing.

The power to change the world lies within each of us. And as described in my blog post about Gandhi’s quote, the power to change is far greater when one focuses on him or herself first. You will be amazed at how you can affect the “vibration” of the planet by simply changing who you choose to be yourself. Do not look to anyone outside of you to join you either. This is probably one reason why our evolution is seemingly slow. We tend to want to change in groups and influence each other to our own ways. This approach is futile for many reasons which are all perfect in their own way.

You need to break away from the approval of anyone else but yourself. Let go of being right and allow others to be right if that is what they need. You can simply let it go. And in letting go, you will notice that an enormous amount of freedom and peace will surround you and build up around you as you practice this way of being. You will also begin to notice that the need to be right from others will dissolve right in front of you as if you have diffused a bomb. This is powerful.

Take responsibility for change in this world by simply being an example of one who changes himself first.  People will come to you when they are ready to be as you are…when they recognize the ease and grace with which you exist in the world.

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