Gandhi

 Gandhi

Gandhi had it half right when he

said, “Be the change you want

to see in the world.” The second

half is “connect with others.” If you

go off and live on a mountaintop

and never talk to anyone - even if

you’re being the change you want

to see in the world - you’re not

changing the world. But if you

come down from time to time and

connect with people so they know

you’re living your perfect life on a

mountaintop, and if you tell them

that they can follow their own

dreams and live their own perfect

lives, too? That’s revolutionary.

When you live the change you

want to see, when you follow your

dreams, you don’t need to pass

pamphlets around or shout on

soapboxes or march around with

signs. Those are control paradigm

tactics - yelling at people to try to

force them to change.