Teacher’s Letter To Students Holds The Formula To World Change

And we don’t have to be president to help make the world a better place either.

As Mrs. Nagy said in this beautiful letter, decision-making is far from being a job exclusive to a president. Actually, the biggest decision-making job has always been ours. All of our small choices and actions combined are what make society. We do not have to wait for a compassionate leader before we can ourselves grow into more compassionate, generous and better human beings. That is—and always has been—our work to do.

Our egos may readily want to dismiss this, but the truth is we change the world by WHO we are and HOW we live our lives.

We Are The Greatest Project We’ll Ever Work On

When we understand that the world is like one big body, and each and everyone of us are a cell within it, we understand that our primary “project” isn’t so much about external doings. Our primary project is ourselves. It’s about being that one healthy cell.

As we evolve into our most authentic, kindest, wisest and most compassionate self, our actions and the way we use our gifts will create a positive ripple effect unlike any other. Coming from this space, we are in sync with life’s higher intelligence. We begin caring about the quality of our being, choices and actions. We let go of the countless self-limiting and fearful stories we have told ourselves because we know ourselves to be a valuable thread in the tapestry of the universe’s expansion. This is when our lives begin taking the shape of who we are meant to be and what we are meant to do. This is when we get to be the change we wish to see in the world.

“These little decisions you make that you think aren’t a big deal, are the biggest deal. These things that feel lighter but we ignore, are all part of the big picture. Are all part of a sign towards what you’re really here to do. The more you listen to your calling rather than your old story, the more it’s going to guide you to an incredible amount of you impacting the world.” – Kyle Cease

Trying to “change the world” without seeing ourselves as part of that equation is as if we are one unhealthy cell trying to “fix” all surrounding cells. Biology shows us that it takes one healthy cell to trigger all nearby cells to start healing. What if our actions came from a place of inner-transformation, as opposed to us trying to transform the world while we remain unchanged? Imagine if more of us chose to be that one healthy cell…

“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.” – Buddha

Easier Said Than Done

Yes, Of course. I know, because I have preached about “world change” for years before I very recently realized that the quality of my state of being, actions and relationships did not reflect the degree of love, harmony and compassion I wished to see in the world.

It is challenging, because it requires a personal revolution. A personal “detox” of everything that has been holding us back from being our greatest expression here on Earth. And as we all know, detox symptoms aren’t always easy. As we open our hearts, our egos might tell us it is unsafe. As we think about being generous and giving, our egos might scream “what’s in it for me?”. As we seek to collaborate with and help one another, our egos might sense a threat to its own “success”. As we choose to be fully authentic and true to our calling, our egos might fear we won’t find safety and support “on the other side”. That is because a sense of scarcity, lack and “not enoughness” has been drilled into our skulls by a culture that runs on the glamorization of superficial achievements. A culture that pits us against ourselves and each other.