Changing the world

what is changing the world? Giving the world a gift in the form of a child. Improving society? Planting trees? Helping one fainting robin unto its nest again says Emily Dickinson. Knowing one person has breathed easier because you have live, says Ralph Waldo Emerson. Being good to all those around you? Standing up for everyone rights even if your standing alone? Striving to free yourself by freeing all people? Is it simple? Or complicated? Can one do it by writing stories that affirm a child's self worth as Dr. Seuss did? Is it more than doing good? Does one have to BE good? Does one have to believe deep down that every living creature deserves to thrive and be happy? That no one is better than anyone else? That, we're all like flavors of ice cream, cookie dough has a different experience than vanilla, but once you get down to it, its all ice cream. Different, but the same. How do you change the world? How do you get people to open their minds and believe in something far greater than themselves? How do you teach than that everyone deserves love and respect? Even their enemies. Can you do it through words in addition to deeds? How do you get people to understand you want to help? How do you learn patience? Tolerance? How do you teach people something far different from what's be ingrained? Can you effectively, permanently change the world? Will society progress slide backwards? Language barriers get in the way? Are we heading towards the ideal society? Slowly but surely? With individual people stepping up along the way, helping others to see the light. Where lie the answers to my questions? Inside myself?