It can all change with just a single one.

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Our world seems to be turmoil.  Almost every where you look there is another crisis brewing, or one that simply won't go away.  You can hardly turn on the news or read a paper where there are not descriptions of the horror going on all around us.   At the rate we're going the entire planet will be victim to what is going on, and what can we do about it?

We look at what transpired thirteen years ago today and to many that is when life as we know it changed.  Many people no longer felt the safety that once was ever present in our country.  The care free days of things happening every where else but here on our own shores had changed forever.  Will we ever be able to live free again?  Free from the fear of terrorist actions against us, free from the worry that something could happen at any time, in any place, and in any number of ways?  Sadly there are many people who feel as though our best days are behind us and from this point forward we are simply surviving what may come in the future.  I however hold a different view of things, and today I will share with you my thoughts and maybe you just might feel a little better about things, and in this feeling know that things will be better.

No matter what movement has ever taken place in this country, or in the world for that matter, it all began with a single person.  Someone, somewhere, had a thought, and idea.  It may have been a simple thought or idea, but from this imaginative beginning, something came about.  This thought took on form when someone put action behind it.  It may have been something that could change the world, or something as simple as making life a little easier for a single, solitary individual.  The reason behind these thoughts, these imaginations matters not.  What matters is that someone thought something, believed something, and now just had to begin the gestation process to bring it to fruition.  I hold the belief that this world can change, but it will only change when each individual understands who and what they are.  I know I talk about this all the time, but the ability of one person to change the face of this planet has been proven out time and time again.  Who began the push for women in this country to have the right to vote?  Who began the civil rights movement that finally help remove the scourge of slavery and bigotry in this country?  These two events began with a single idea, from a single individual.  Certainly there were many more who picked up the banner as the movement progressed, but it still began with just one.

If we are to change the direction this planet is headed, then maybe there is that single, solitary person out there right now, who believes that things can change.  I was involved with politics for many years.  I will tell you that the problems we are seeing right now are in direct proportion to what we see on the local level.  If we can fix the politics in our towns and cities, then maybe things will change at the state level.  If things change at the state level then maybe things will change at the federal level.  Well if we look at the world, then could not the same thing be said?  If I can change the way I look at things, then maybe the person next to me can change as well, and so on and so on.  You see the movements begin with one person.  The question I have for you today is, will you be the first one to make the change?  A single person can move an entire mountain.  Sure it may be moved one bucket at a time, but it will move.  You can be that first bucket load of change that the world needs.  Will you take on this challenge?

We are not just simple humans who must move about with every whim or whimper that comes from others.  We can take a stand, and we can create change.  Our power lies in our own knowledge of who we are.  Our power lies in our knowledge of why we are here.  Our power lies in us because that is how the creator planned it.  If you continue to see yourself as just a simple, go with the flow, type of person then you have not yet realized the significance of your being here right now.  If you do understand the reason for being here, then you have the ability to begin to change the world.  You may only help one other person change, but that person might help two, and those two may help ten.  Before you know it, there are millions and millions of people who understand the divinity within them and then talk about changing a planet.

On this anniversary of 9/11 maybe we should take a moment to recognize that change must come to this planet, or we are doomed to repeat the tragedy that happened 13 years ago.  We can change the face of this planet.  Understanding who you are will help others understand who they are.  When one can see who they are then all the differences we have with others seem to fly away.  Focus on the good and I will tell you the bad will go away.  Look at it this way:  if nothing changes this planet will continue to experience the tragedies of 9/11.  If things do change, then we can simply put a small caveat in the history books, "It never happened again."  Think about it, and be the change the world needs.