It’s not that you can. You will. You are. Right now. It’s the magical by product of existence. Your presence matters. Every action. Every thought. All of you contributes to the whole. 

You are changing the world.

Every day. Every way. Your smile reverberates from one person to another. Your anger does the same. Kindness. Frustration. The whole lot of it. What you put into this mighty universe ripples out. It touches hearts. Lives. It affects change even when you wish to hold it all inside. 

You are changing the world.

It is not about the big governments and organizations, because they are really only made up of you. Well, maybe not you personally… but perhaps so. A person (like you) has an idea. Gathers their people. Radiates it out in the world. Healing happens. Abundance is brought forth. Love carries. Light fills. 

You are changing the world.

Change is an inside process. Positive change begins when you choose to love yourself to the point of overflow. When the excess washes out over the wilds and into the lives of others. Think of the acts of kindness that have been bestowed up on you. Think of how they brought light into the shadowy places in the world. Know the power a person has…that you have.

You are changing the world.

It does not serve you to play small. To act as if who you are makes no difference. It doesn’t serve you and it sure doesn’t serve this amazing planet of ours. You have a message. A thought. A way of being that is integral to the development of the universe. One that was designed to inspire. That will create magnificent shifts in the heart of another. All it takes is one person standing fully in their being. All it takes is you. 

You are changing the world.

Do it consciously. With intention. With purpose. What matters to you? What act of service lights you up from the inside out? Your plan does not have to incorporate the whole of humanity. It can begin with you. Your neighbor. Your hood. Perhaps it’s the animals. The trees. Maybe it’s movement. Or stillness. Maybe it’s a simple act of love. Or a complex creation. 

You are changing the world. 

Step forward. Step up. Share. Do. Act. Feel. Make the changes toward love. Toward abundance. Toward kindness and caring that the whole collective is aching for. Begin in your heart. Begin in your home. Just begin. Because you can. You are. Right now. You are changing the world. 

~Jo Anna Rothman