It seems to me that the world is doomed, largely because the majority of 6.6 billion people believe that they can't make a difference. They believe that this is just how things are....what can one person do. The fact aside that just one person can, and often time has, changed the world. 6.6 billion people individually working to improve even just that little portion of the world they live in, would change everything.

Some of you are aware of the story of my brother, for those of you who aren't, here's the link

http://equalbutdifferent.blogspot.co...y-brother.html

My mom had a visit a couple of weeks ago from a man who had gone to school with and known my brother as a boy. This man had moved away many years ago and was back visting some family. Although he hadn't talked to my mom since the time of my brother's funeral, some 20 years prior, he called and asked if he could come by and visit her. He stopped by to tell her how much his life changed because of the example of my brother.

Every year at my brother's birthday there are flowers left by unknown people. We know they're not left by family members or close friends....we don't know who leaves them, but every year for the last 22 years, people who knew my brother have left flowers on his grave.

He touched people, he changed lives and made a difference....and he was only 13. Imagine what each of us can do if we stand up for what we believe in, if we speak out against what's wrong and if we choose to make a difference in the world around.

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I agree that we can all make a difference on the personal level. The circle of people we each touch can be influenced for the good if we make the effort.

Political change is more complicated, many factors are out of one's individual control