The Change You Wish to See

We have heard it a thousand times...the familiar mantra...."Be the change that you wish to see in the world"

Inspiring.

Empowering.

It is a call to action with tremendous  appeal, I mean, let's face it. Who doesn't want to think of themselves as a catalyst for positive change? Right?

Unfortunately it is a call to action that falls flat more times than not. The shortcomings of the call is not in the call itself, but rather in our understanding of what it means "to BE". Shakespeare voiced the quandry himself, those eons ago when he penned "To be or not to be, that is the question."
What most of us fail to realize is that with every waking moment, every breath we take, we ARE the change we wish to see in the world. The harsh reality is that most of us would rather bitch about the status quo than see actual change.

Think about it....

Our favorite grocery store... you know, the one with the really low prices... is understaffed in order to keep the prices low... so we bitch about the quality of the customer service, the length of the lines, the cleanliness of the building.  Management hears the complaints and adds more staff, raising the prices a bit to pay for the changes... which only adds to our list of things to complain about.

Change has a price... sometimes that price is just the cost of getting up off of our lazy asses and doing something.

We can wish to see ourselves 20 lbs lighter and in better health, but until we start doing something about it, all we will see is ourselves packing on the pounds.

the reality is, when we want something badly enough, we do get up off our duffs and go for it...

If we are not willing to pay the price, well, I guess we just don't really want it...