Leo Tolstoy once said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
In order to have a better society, we need better citizens. You improve the community if you improve the individual.
Better Citizens
If you want a better world, you first need to have better humans.
But how? The golden rule. Jesus said,:
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you” (Matt. 5:43-44)
Love is Not a Feeling
This love, which is agape in Greek, is not a feeling, it’s an act of the will. It pursues the highest good of another person without thought of reward and irrespective of who it is. Love knows no exceptions.
By adopting a disposition of loving kindness towards all people we can change the world. This is how heaven is. We will never achieve this on earth, but we can aim for it. Even the pursuit will make this existence a better place for some people.
