The Promise

CHAPTER 12

So you want a better world

“Nobody makes a greater mistake than he who does nothing because he can only do a little.” EDMUND BURKE

If there’s any aspect of the world or our environment that we’d like to change, we won’t do it by wishing. Whether it’s a local community issue, an issue at home or at work, a world issue such as hunger or the environment, or any other issue that concerns us:

We can only make a differenceif we act.

It’s easy to say, ‘I can’t make a difference.’ Often there may genuinely be nothing we can do and, if that’s the case, we can accept the situation as something we cannot influence or change. But if there is something we can contribute, however small, then we surely can make a difference.

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