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If we truly want to see positive change in society, especially among the people around us, there is one very important thing we must do. We need to be an example of the change we wish to see. This means becoming a more tolerant and less irritable person; more trusting and less controlling; more understanding and less judgemental, more caring and less self-centred.
"Being the change we wish to see in the world" - I know it's a tremendous cliché, but it's essential to recognise the truth of this, because if we do everything else except address the quality of our own character - if we point the finger at all the others who need to change, put all the blame upon their shoulders and overlook all that needs addressing in our own character - then not only are we deluding ourselves in self-righteousness, but we are failing to harness the most transformative power available to us.