Who Else Wants To Make Life Better And Change The World?

I don't often look at the media stories, but over the last week I've been monitoring it, as research for a radio interview.

When I look at the natural disasters, and read about the terrorism, crimes and disease, I can't help but wonder what would happen if we stopped meddling with nature, forgot about geographic boundaries and put religion aside.

What would the world look like if governments didn't impose themselves on the people or each other?

What if rivers didn't have pollution pumped into them? If the air was respected, plants and trees honoured and cared for rather than just harvested? What if the ground wasn't pumped with harmful insecticides and fertilizers? The list goes on...

A few years ago, overwhelmed with so many things I disagreed with in the world, I began CommunitySoul. I wanted an alternative to the negativity in the media, because I knew that for every story of conflict there was one of unity.

I'd become tired of commercialism. It had encouraged me to eat poorly and gain weight. It advertised things that encouraged me to do harm to the earth and myself, and it preyed on my weaknesses.

At the time when I was mulling over what I'd do someone said to me, "Yeah, Neil, but we can't change the world single handedly." Of course my friend was right, we can't.

But his words made frustration rise up in me and made me want to do anything I could. What I did was this...

I immediately assumed responsibility for the part of the world I control. I created this newsletter which now reaches several thousand people. I often hear back from readers who want to express gratitude for something the newsletter helped them with.

On one level, that feeling of overwhelm I felt several years ago...that yearning for change I wanted to see in the world, created change in others I hadn't anticipated. Closer to home, I buy less from the supermarkets. I learned to grow my own food and have a few chickens. It's a small contribution to reducing our impact, but it is nonetheless a contribution.

With my wife, Jo, we set up a business which helps people who care about the world to get better at business and marketing, so people who care can have an even greater influence.

I'm not claiming what I have done is worthwhile by any means. I'm not saying it's right or clever. What I am saying is that through the choices we make, we make an impact in changing the world for the better, because we are changing the part of it we control.

Going back to the question at the top of this article: Does it need powerful people to change the world? I'm not sure it does. What it needs is individual people who ask themselves good questions whenever they are faced with the important issues.

Right now, the changes I make at home can't help the situation in Haiti. That said what I'm focussed on is that if me and you and enough people like us begin to make conscious decisions about what we do individually, then the collective mass increases and that can't help but affect other people and have a positive impact on them too.

In the long run, this mass change in consciousness can't help but bring about a change in consciousness at government level, and that will then impact things across the world that once upon a time were beyond our reach.

What would you most like to change in the world now? What decisions can you make now? Who do you know who should read this article? Forward it to them, Tweet, Facebook whatever inspires you.


Neil Fellowes shows conscious entrepreneurs, coaches, consultants and complementary therapists how to make a difference AND a profit. Visit his website and register for his free newsletter at http://www.communitysoul.co.uk