I was recently listening to a podcast called Living Myth by Michael Mead. He was talking about change and how we crave it yet have within us a fear of change and so push against it. I reflected on how much change is needed on a political scale in our country and around the world…the corruption, the evil that perpetrates deeply into the foundations of governments. We want this to change, we want the truth to come out. And yet….seeing the truth, as it arises, is quite shocking and we might…for a moment or two…wish we didn’t know what we know.

Unfortunately, we have lived too long turning our heads and hearts away from the despicable, abdominal, immoral acts of those in leadership positions because sometimes…many times…it’s easier to simply look the other way. If we pay attention, then we have to change.

I don’t believe an elected official or group of officials will create the change from depravity to morality we seek. That change must come from within ourselves, each of us taking responsibility to see and acknowledge the truth about ourselves and the world in which we live. And then adjust our trajectory in life so that it aligns with the world we truly wish to create. 

It’s not a time to hide from the ugly truths emerging, but rather a time to shine our inner light, no matter how small we believe it to be. Daily acts of kindness, compassion, and love generated within each of us is what will create the change we wish to see in the world. We no longer have the luxury of time to wait on the next president, the next Congress, the next world leader. It’s up to us.