Changing the World

I am going to change the world.

Look at the power in that sentence. Read it out loud. Right now. Really try to believe it. It means recognizing who you are, and your incredible potential, because you really do have incredible potential. You and I, we have the potential to change the world, but in order to do that we must first believe it.

Remember the quote from Marianne Williamson about your greatest fear not being your darkness?

"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us.' We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."

Look deep down inside yourself, really dig. Deep down, you know that it is your light that scares you much more than your darkness. Don't deny it, because for about 99.99% of the people on Earth, this is one of the truest things ever written. But, why is this? It is because living up to your potential, well, that means you have to work. It means you have to get out of your comfort zone, and you really have to push to believe how far you can go, and once you get there, it's hard to maintain because you don't want to be greater than anyone else.

I've found that much of life has to do with making a decision and sticking to it. Many times a deathly ill person's fate will be decided by whether or not they decide to live or die. I really believe that God will help a person that makes a good decision and is determined to stick to it. But I also believe that God gives much less help to a half hearted decision than he does to one that all of a person's heart is poured into. So, decide today, because when it's time to make the decision it's already too late - you will probably choose the easy way if your way isn't predetermined.

Today, I, Dallin Ward, have decided that I will not be scared of my light. I will not practice self destructive behavior, and I refuse to compromise my goals, dreams and potential for the easy way.

Because I am going to change the world, and I cannot turn back now that I've started.