“Never question the power of one! Throughout history it has been the actions of one person who has inspired the movement of change.” Steve Maraboli
The Power of Mohandas K. Gandhi stopped the British Empire – The Power of George Washington forged the modern democracy – The Power of John Lennon caused a generation to imagine a world in which peace is given a chance – The Power of Martin Luther King, Jr., drew a million people to Washington, DC, demanding equality under the law. Steve Maraboli was correct in stating that we should never question the power of the individual to inspire change.
Using Power To Create Positive Change
But the quote by Steve Maraboli tells only one half of the story. We can no longer assume that all people who read such statements will be inspired to change things for the good, though that is most certainly what Steve Maraboli, Mahatma Gandhi, John Lennon, Martin Luther King, and many other societal change-makers had in mind when effecting the change they most wanted to see in the world. The incompleteness of Maraboli’s statement has also empowered the likes of Adolph Hitler, Josef Stalin, and Radovan Karadzic to engage in their holocausts, purges, and ethnic cleansing campaigns. They too had the power of one, and it infected the many.
And in an age when the news is littered with stories of suicide bombings and shooting sprees, we all need to take responsibility for getting in touch with our own “power of one” in order to ensure that it is aimed at creating positive change that moves life forward and encourages people to thrive individually and flourish collectively. The Power of One cannot be neutral. In fact, it must be clearly focused on a bias toward good—the greater good of all living creatures, from those who live in squalor to the most populous countries to the health of our one and only planetary habitat. “The Power of One” can be defined using many different parameters, but what must not be altered is our individual and collective commitment to moving in the direction of peace.
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