Are You Ready to Make a Difference?

It all begins with forgiveness. Nothing will ever change for the better without
forgiveness. Forgiveness is an acceptance to move forward. Forgiveness is an open mind to
grow.

According to the book, Life Lessons, there are two root emotions in this world that
everything else stems from – Love and Fear. All positive emotions stem from a place of Love,
and all negative feelings stem from a place of fear.

Kübler-Ross, 2014

Ultimately, if you really stop to think about it, every problem that exists in the entire
world is due to fear. Hatred, insecurity, jealousy, prejudice – they are all fear-based. Most often,
fear is driven by ignorance. Ignorance is a lack of knowing or understanding. It does NOT mean
that a person is stupid or incapable. People don’t know what they don’t know until they are
open-minded enough to be made aware – to learn beyond what they know to be true with their
present beliefs.

Globally, fear causes wars. It can cause murder – the killing of innocent lives. Ultimately, war occurs because one party believes that its way of living and its belief system is
superior to another belief system. The need for power is rooted in fear and insecurity.

How far are we, as global human beings, going to take this? Don’t you think there could
be something to learn from those who are different from we are? Besides, who told us our way
is the only right way? There are many roads that lead to the same destination. All people have
something to offer to bring goodness into the world.

This brings us back to opening our minds to forgiveness of ourselves and forgiveness of
others. Fear eats us alive and collectively it’s eating our world alive.

Until we are willing to open our minds to understanding each other’s differences so we
can learn from them instead of building up a wall to keep anyone and anything different from us
out of our lives, we will continue on this same fear-based wheel going around and round with the
same problems in our personal lives as well as globally.

We must open our hearts and our minds and forgive ourselves for our own ignorance.
That’s the beginning of a new life and collectively a new world. Step out of your comfort zone
of fear, forgive yourself, and forgive others by also recognizing that their wrongdoings, too, have
come from a place of ignorance and fear. Take a chance – a risk – to learn something new,
something different about another way of life. If we would all be willing to do this, this is where
positive world change will take place. And the root of everything positive is Love. What a
beautiful aspiration.

References

Kübler-Ross Elisabeth, & Kessler, D. (2014). Life lessons: Two experts on death & dying
teach us about the mysteries of life & living. Scribner.