What’s in your hand?

Is it a pot of brightly coloured paint – that can transform an old table into a new place where friends can gather and connect soul to soul? Is it a single seed seed, that will take time to grow when planted, but within it contains the potential for a whole forest to be born?

Is it a smile, a cup of coffee, or a longer than usual pause to properly chat and see a through a chink in the armour?

No matter how small it is, we always have something in our hands. Something that can change the life of another or something that can empower us and help us along our journey to fulfill the dream that lies in our hearts waiting to be allowed to grow.

Sometimes we can be overwhelmed by systems, and the phrase, “that’s the way we have always done it” , or ” why fix something that isn’t broken?” When all of your being is shouting … are you serious? Do you really think this is good and do you really not see that this has long been broken?

“Always listen to yourself. It is better to be wrong than to simply follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you will grow stronger. If you are right, you have taken another step toward a fulfilling life.” ~ Bryce Courtenay

When hard times have been long and the light of the dawn doesn’t seem to be coming, those are the times, when dreams are born. When soil seems barren and windows seem closed, that is the time to be ready for when the rain falls and the fresh breeze blows … because it will come. But will you be ready?

Everything good that has every changed our world has always met with resistance. It takes courage to swim up stream, stand out from the crowd, challenge the status quo, think differently. But somebody needs to do it? Why not me? Why not you? Don’t underestimate the power of one. Don’t get so focused on the back of the tapestry where all the knots and threads are, that you lose sight of the picture being created on the other side.

Don’t live with regret. Most people regret not trying far more than they regret trying and failing.

Refuse to do nothing.

“Those who take action have a disproportionate impact. The power of one is to move many.” ~ Elizabeth May