It’s time to start thinking much bigger.
This world we live in is great but needs a lot of help. Pretty obvious if you turn on the news. (FYI I do not. Very seldom will I watch others opinions? The facts are laid aside) Our society is one that only endorses the outward seeking approach to life while also confusing thoughts in chaos.
Example: Look at the current media and all the thoughts, views and opinions on the kneeling before a flag during game time. I agree that it is a rather odd form of protest that is guaranteed a lot of debate but what does the debate do? Me forcing my opinion on how the flag should be respected as it stands for the sacrifice and freedom that our country used to be well known for on a person who believes their world is unjust and kneeling is the best way to get their point across does nothing.
During all this society is constantly showing us that we need to look to others for not only their opinion but for their guidance in us forming our thoughts on it.
Every commercial and advertisement is a place of following. Every thought of every person involved with it, in every aspect, is one of follow.
Our government and its organizations, including the school system, does nothing to encourage self-empowerment. That would literally take away their power.
The larger problems of the world cannot be solved using a low-level solution. Take away one drug lord and two more take his place. The problem is not in the use of the solution but in the actual solution itself.
Take the problem of natures forest, the cutting of trees and its use in all paper-related goods. Hemp could very well be a much better solution but that doesn’t serve the current positions of power so it is banished as a solution.
Look at the use of corn syrup. Seemingly every food item bought these days contains large amounts of sugar. We are killing our health slowly and surely yet it is for the “greater good” to use these products…
Just a bunch of examples that serve the point. Both from a literal example as well as the other deeper one that we could spend all day discussing these examples as issues yet not get anywhere.
We need to go much deeper than that. The power comes from within. When one gets to a place that he/she is not swayed by popular vote then one is starting to see past the effect and towards the actual cause.
Look at a world where outside approval is not needed. Everyone is making the decisions based out of love vs ” how will I be treated if I believe this openly”.
The answers lie within. Maybe not currently but growth happens when we focus inward vs external. With growth comes new insight. With new insight comes new solutions. With new solutions comes elimination of smaller issues. Elimination of smaller issues allows more thought on the bigger picture which equals greater results.
The solution is you. The way to improvement is within. You are always the solution. Your growth can prompt another to rise above a current life situation. That end result can spark an interest in another person. The ripple in the pool has much larger implications than one realizes and it all starts with you.
Pick up that book and learn something which will inspire thought from a slightly different angle. A few different angles of viewpoint and all of sudden you are meeting a new person who opens your thought on something completely different. Before long your entire reality has changed. You might never know that the smile and kind words you gave the gas station attendant this morning prevented them from committing suicide. They could just probably tell that story to a listening ear that prompted them to tell someone else who used that idea to write a movie script. The movie ends up being grabbed by an A-list actor and inspires an entire country to think of suicide from a slightly different angle. This hypothetical story could be traced anywhere. Yet, it is exactly what could happen! It all started with YOU.
Everyone is connected, apart of, the universal energy field that is very real. When you grow you are adding to that field in a positive way thus contributing to all of the mankind. Your growth alone can change the world.
Perhaps stop looking external for everything and rely on your inner strength. You are everything already. Perfectly made. Everything you need is right there in front of you to make that one small step towards something just a bit better.
You have no idea the true power you have available. Believe in yourself. You are way more than you currently believe.
You are the solution.
Light and Love