8 September 2012
(picture by www.favim.com)
We can get pretty comfy and settled in our lives and just seem to go along with the program. It seems easier that way and for that moment, it is, but not in the long run. It is up to each of us to make ripples on the water of life, to dig our heels in and say no, to demand a better way of doing things, to point out what is wrong and find ways to improve them. In other words, it is up to us to take action and shake things up, make others feel uncomfortable at times and push them into new ways of thinking.
If we don’t do this, if we remain just as we are, change will be a very long time in coming! Remember the old saying “The squeaky wheel gets the grease”? We must be squeaky wheels, we must make noise to gather attention. We know things are not right in the world, in fact they are down right wrong, but not speaking up about it, by not trying to change things, by not offering new and better solutions, we stay mired in the muck of our own demise! Step out, step up and be the pebble being tossed into the still waters. Ripple out and make a difference, awaken others and be of service to the change.