If not now, then when?

Change is not easy. It comes slowly, with risks, failures, and criticism. And it is typically the fear of others that prevents one from taking the first step toward change. The first step is the most difficult and frightening element of the process because it makes one vulnerable. However, it also opens the door to freedom, greater, and wonderful prospects. The decision to bring about change is difficult, and continuing on that path through exerting effort is also difficult and important, but as the saying goes, nothing good ever comes easy.

Change is never comfortable; it is not meant to be. Everyone would do it if it were true. But, as unpleasant as it may be, it is also necessary. When we dream of transforming the world, we frequently forget that we must first change ourselves before we can affect the billions. That's where it should begin. We have to have faith, have trust, and believe in ourselves. The world may or may not follow, but we know in our hearts that we took the risk, traveled, and arrived where we intended to. 

 

It is natural for things to change. It is natural to be terrified of change. But what makes us human is that we do it anyway. We are members of the human race, and rather than our ability to alter the world, we are defined by the choices we make for ourselves and what we do to become better human beings, because that is where the true change begins.