It is month 2 of A Year of Making a Difference.

Looking back on what I learned in Month 1, there are three very obvious and important teachings this month has given me:

1. Making a difference begins with me and within me. Our human condition is the difference each of us makes and we are each responsible for being and becoming the difference we want to make and see in the world.
2. The opportunities abound, but if I am not willing to turn up, the opportunities evade me.   I must be present. Be conscious. Be in ‘the now’ to be open to the opportunities as they present themselves.
3. Making a difference is easy when I let go of what I do, or what I have as being my difference and focus on how I am in the world. When I consciously choose to create a difference that leaves imprints as light as a feather on people’s hearts I am consciously choosing the way of peace, tranquility and  harmony. And in that way, I am being the peace, tranquility and harmony I want to create in the world. 

Making a difference is an attitude. It is a place of consciously embracing what makes us great, magnificent, divine human beings. When I fill my being with a servant’s attitude, I move ego out-of-the-way of how I am and what I’m doing in the world and become One with being the One I am meant to be in the world.

Yesterday, a man contacted me to ask if I could help him with a youth he is mentoring. It was easy. I knew a couple of names of people he could call to help the young man take the next step on his journey. I cannot ‘make it happen’ for anyone, but I can open the door for others to step through — should they choose.

And that is the lesson I am learning most — I am not powerful enough to change the world —  I do have the power to change how I am in the world which changes where I’m at. I do have the power to change my role, my place, my sense of what is possible. And in my power, I have the capacity to inspire others to step into their power to know and be the difference they can be in their worlds too.

And together, when we are all united in being the difference we want to create in the world without expectation of our difference being the only difference, of our difference being the only path or way to be, we create a world of acceptance, compassion, and Love.

And in Love, all things are possible.

One month experienced and I am excited to see what this month brings in broadening my awareness and teaching me how to be the difference I want to be in the world.

Namaste.