WBP 2

Sorry about posting this so late (or early depending on how you look at it.) I reformatted my computer last night and have been spending the better part of 24 hours trying to get everything situated again. I am literally so tired that I'm hearing stuff, so I'm sorry if my blog sounds a little weird.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek.” –President Barrack Obama

This is one of my favorite quotes I’ve heard recently. Not only is it very good advice, but it’s advice that our entire nation needs to follow. For the past couple years, I have been hearing a lot of talk about things economy, jobs, world affairs, etc. And no matter who is doing the talking, the subject matter is almost always the same; somebody is unhappy with something, and they’re upset that no one has done anything about it yet. Sad as it may be, this is quickly becoming the universal trait of the 1^st world countries. Everybody simply expects that since there are so many other people in the world, it’s clearly not their own responsibility to fix the issue.

Well I believe in challenging the status quo. I know from firsthand experience that if you want something done, you better do it yourself. And every person has not only the ability, but the responsibility to cause change. Creating change doesn’t take a special skill set or a special kind of person. What it takes is bravery and hard work: the principles that this country was founded upon.

Any person can change their group or community. It’s as simple as asking yourself a few questions. First and foremost, how is change beneficial? It will be hard convincing others of the importance of your mission if you can’t answer this very important question. Secondly, what specifically needs to change in order for the issue to be completely “fixed?” And lastly is, of course, what can you do to encourage that change? Anything you can possibly do will bring you closer to your end goal. As a wise man once said, “the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.”

Change implemented in this way is obviously first order change.

I think a very good example of this concept and process is the invisible children campaign. 2 nobodies decided to pursue a seemingly impossible goal. They started out small, and then slowly grew as they gained support. Now they have raised awareness on a global scale, and have hopefully touched the lives of many people. And all this started with the simple decision that they were the ones who needed to change the world.