Waiting on the world to change. I would argue that that mentality is exactly what's wrong with society. Too often, we wait for someone else to make the first move. We wait for someone to apologize before we forgive them. We wait to change our behavior until someone calls us out on it. We wait for a family member to get sick before we make those sacrifices to see them more often. We wait for others to change so we can have a stronger, happier relationship. We wait for someone to write a law or cite a Scripture verse that tells us the "right" thing to do. In a society that promotes impulsivity and immediate gratification, I find all this waiting paradoxical. Beautiful and heart-sickening, isn't it?
Now, I realize that when you point a finger at someone else, you're pointing three fingers back at yourself. I will readily admit, I'm guilty of this, too.
My question to myself is, "Why wait? Why not be that force that sets more change in motion?" In the vast amounts of wisdom I've accumulated since turning 22 (please note the sarcasm in that), I've realized that the world doesn't wait for anyone, so why would you wait for the entire world to change? You can't change the rest of the world; you can only change yourself. When you change yourself, you change your world.
It's easy to get caught up in the madness of trying to be an exceptional (or even an adequate) student, employee, spouse, parent, or friend. Being a human is hard enough without all the roles we adopt for ourselves. But why not make it worth your while by spicing things up? Do something different today, and see how it changes your world.
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