Are You Ready?

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”  Ghandi
Before we go too far….  Are you ready for nothing?

Are you really ready to go deep or do you want to stay in the zone of comfort, the distraction of ideas and possibilities?

“You must be the change you want to see in the world”  -Ghandi
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Ghandi brought peace and transformation, but it did not last. For lasting peace and transformation to occur, it must come from many people in order to develop the consciousness that Ghandi achieved.  And we can start with “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”. 
I keep repeating this quote because the world is filled with people and organizations who have ideas on how to solve our many problems without “being the change” or doing the deep work necessary to be the change. There are those with the attitude of “If everyone else was “fill in blank” (i.e. peaceful), then it would be much easier for me to be peaceful.” Or there are people who don’t see their own issues; for example, I don’t know anyone who would say they are not peaceful, but it is in observing their actions and thoughts that they would notice many non-peaceful thoughts or actions, no matter how small they think they may be.  If I notice the clothes someone is wearing and I make a judgement, as simple as, “I can’t believe they would wear that” This, although small, is not peaceful. 
What I like about Ghandi’s quote is it teaches us to stop worrying about what other people are doing or stop waiting for other people to change, “you must be the change, you want to see in the world.”.
 So, before we go too far on this journey, or for any person or organization that wants to change the world, let’s keep this quote in front of us at all time to remind us.  But use it with the personal subject “I” to help take personal responsibility.
 “I must be the change I want to see in the world”​

Once I realize, “I must be the change…”  I am now ready to address the questions, how do I become the change I want to see in the world?
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