Stop trying to change the world. When people use that term today, all they mean is finding fault elsewhere and making others change.
Which doesn’t work, because they are doing the same thing, finding fault in you, and trying to make you change.
And in this cycle no one actually changes. They only become more entrenched.
So, stop trying to change the world.
Just change yourself.
All too often we limit our perspective when trying to remedy’s society’s ills. We see what appears to be immediately wrong around us and we try to implement what we see as the immediate solution to that problem. But this is like staring down at our feet while hiking on a trail. We may find the path of least resistance, but it may very well lead us off the edge of a cliff!
To navigate uncertain terrain, you must raise your view and fix it upon your ultimate destination. Only by focusing on our highest ideals, even the standard of heaven, can we make the right societal changes, both in the short and long term.
Spiritual Wanderings 