Creatively Speaking: Do Good Here

DO GOOD HERE
(Or that time I bought a mini trampoline but forgot I am a spatially-challenged short person living in a hobbit house)

My new trampoline takes up about 20% of my little living room, but I love it! It’s a healthy way to add some more movement into my life. It’s also playful and really fun!

And these days, who doesn’t need a little fun, right? Everything seems a bit dark-and-twisty, no matter what side of the aisle we sit on.

Which is not to belittle the seriousness of world affairs. They’re huge and seemingly insurmountable.

Unless you are bouncing on a trampoline and listening to Prince sing about the other apocalypse that was going to happen back in 1999. Then the world seems…just as crazy as it’s always been.

I can no more alter the course of the grand scheme of human things than I can move a river, but I can Do Good Here.

All around us, here, there are small tasks that need doing. Small ways we can improve the world in which we live. Small adjustments we can make within ourselves to collectively improve the human condition.

The popular saying “Be the change you wish to see in the world” actually originated from this quote by social activist Mahatma Gandhi:

“We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do.”

We need not wait to see what others do.
We can just start the doing.

So, look inside your heart and ask: what do I need to change within me?

Look around your community and ask: how can I help to make change?

Then DO GOOD HERE.

Volunteer at a local organization. Donate to a local charity. Support local businesses.

Speak with kindness. Smile. Laugh. Be constructive (not critical).

Be creative! Use your creativity to be a voice for the change you want to see in the world.