Changing the world

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama

This is a weekend of wonder and joy. A weekend of spirits soaring and hearts opening.

And therein lies the paradox. For out there, in the bigger world, it is also a weekend where someone on planet earth war continues to bring sorrow and suffering. Hunger continues to eat away at a child's right to live, and disease continues to rob us of life.

When Thelma Box started Choices, it was with the vision to become a force for Changing the world one heart at a time.

Like Thelma, I believe we can change the world. It must begin with me. It must begin with each of us.

To stop war. To stop violence. To eradicate hunger, poverty and abuse, we must begin with ourselves.

May we all become, as Ghandi exhorts, "the change we want to see in the world." And if we dont' believe we're worth it. If we don't believe we can, or that the change cannot begin with ourselves, then we must do it for the children. They deserve our care. They need our help.

Nameste