How do we change the world?: A Christmas Countdown Challenge

I have done a lot of reading of news over the last few days which didn't help my depression one bit. The world. is. a. mess! How do we get past this? How do we show people hope? I think I may have found the answer, but you might not like it. (I know there are times, like today, that I don't.) The way to change the world is to....

Change yourself.

Ouch.

I don't like changing. But I am to a point where I see it is what needs to be done. If I want people to take me seriously, I need to do what Matthew Kelly calls becoming "the best version of yourself". It involves change -growth-and I am having problems with that today. I still struggle. Every single day. Days like today, more so than others, but still everyday. I am stubborn and resist change. I kind of wish I could just stay still for awhile. Growth is painful.

As for you, I can't change your minds with anything I write here, only the Holy Spirit can do that, I am just planting the seeds to let you stew on. Over the next ten business days I am going to get down to business and show you some of the ways that I have changed and challenge you to think about them and see if there is anything you can change in your life to make the world a better place. We may not be able to change the whole world, but we can certainly change ourselves and influence those around us and that's a start. Remember what the tag line to this blog is-one mind and heart at a time. The whole world is too big, but one person at a time is do able.

So come back Monday to see how this person has changed in a big way. It gets ugly right from the start with me, Christmas, and entitlement. (And gets even uglier later in the week when I talk about something I am not even comfortable with-redemptive suffering. So yes, I may end up challenging myself just as much as I am challenging you!)