What does the world need?How often do you ask yourself:
What, exactly, can one person in civilization change to be "better?" What do you do to be a good person?What do we, as people, need more of? Less of? How do we, as individuals, actually address the needs and necessities? What can we change to improve the state of humanity? What can one person do for the planet that will bring about real benefit?
What, exactly, does the world need? How would you answer the question? |
daniel |
"I think we can try to understand others, try to see their point of view without imposing our own. The world needs more open-heartedness and understanding. Take time to listen to someone else without asserting judgement. I don't know... I tell myself that no one else has my experience, so why should they have my opinion? Perhaps the only way for me to better understand their opinion is to hear out their experience. I know it's corny, but I really believe that the world needs love, and the best way to facilitate that is to withhold judgment. I withhold judgement by trying to hear their side. I guess it try to replace 'judgement' with 'understanding,' where the more than I see their view, the less I will impose mine."
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thomas |
"It seems to me that the most reliable means of deliberately and effectively making a change in circumstance is to explore and understand the circumstances such as they are, recognize the opportunities that we find, and implement an actionable method to promote the changes we want to see... Easier said then done... Thoughts are wonderful, and feelings are important, but it's what we DO that makes change, it's how we ACT and what we SAY that influences the world. Our thoughts and feelings and dreams and wishes and hopes are only unplanted seeds in a garden of possibilities if we don't DO something grow them. I've recently started deliberately attending events and occasions that I know will make me very uncomfortable, in an attempt to strengthen myself and learn about my limitations. In the last days of my nine-to-five job, I decided to make it a point to carry extra food on me when I walked to and from work, to have something to give people who were hungry, in an effort to be more willing to give up my possessions to meet the needs of another person. I say, 'Thank you.' ALL THE TIME. Even for the smallest things, even when people think it's redundant or superfluous. I think gratitude is important, and when you take the time to recognize your gifts, and make the point to DO something about it (say, 'Thank you') you become more aware of how many things you really have to be grateful for."
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