(Originally posted to Facebook 22-Feb-2021)

I was reading an inspirational book, when the author revealed a thought provoking question: “Is the world happening to [me] or am [I] happening to the world?”

And while I found it to be quite poignant, I thought it could be looked at differently. We might say: “Is the world changing me, or am I changing the world?” Or for a more religious perspective: “Is the world changing my life, or am I an instrument in the hands of God in changing the world I live in.”

However you choose to look at it, when you stop focusing on what is happening to you and instead focus on what you are going to do about it, your whole outlook becomes more positive and, inevitably, you get more done than you would have otherwise.