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I have spent a lot of years working on changing myself. My default preference is to focus first on what I have the most immediate control over. A) I think it i

• chillacy 9y ago
  > I think it is debatable whether or not it is easier than changing the world. What if the inverse was true and changing the world was easy, and changing yourself was hard? If somehow you managed to change the world and not change yourself, then the world will be entirely fine, but you yourself will still suffer from the same perceptions as before (this is entirely possible, I've seen many a white male strongly believe that the world is prejudiced against them, and I recall some stats showing an increasing number who believe similarly in polling). In that case, the world is relatively good to them, but the mind creates its own interpretation of reality. Unless you believe people are un-changable, and changing the world means raising the next generation right and forgetting ours. Anyways, I'm not advocating to forget about activism, just saying I recommend looking inwards first before helping others. Like on airplane safety directions. And that's not a comment directed at you specifically, just a general observation to those looking outwards before looking in (it sound like you've done your share of introspection).