sphere of influence

My sphere of influence used to be my young family and some very close friends. I used to worry and fret over these people, because I really cared about where they were going in life. At the time, I had a little influence in their lives, by what I said and what I did. When my girls turned 16, and the Government started giving them their own money, my influence started getting less and less. My only hope was that I gave them a good grounding in what a good citizen was to society.

I was one of those people that got really upset at the injustices that went on daily in our society. Whether it was people dying too young, to the starving people of Africa...I cared for our world ! But I soon realised that, it didn't matter how much I got upset, it didn't change a thing. I could yell and scream, write letters to the editor...nothing changed. It was then that I realised that I had a sphere of influence. I could influence my offspring. I can now influence my community through my mentoring. I can sometimes influence the greater Hobart area through Facebook ( a very powerful tool), but I've realised that I have no influence on the bigger picture.

I can only take responsibility if I have some influence. That excuses me from most of the world problems. It doesn't mean I don't care, it's just nothing I can do about it ! If more people took this attitude, we would be a lot happier. People bitch and bitch about world affairs, but all it accomplishes is negative thoughts. If people took their sphere of influence seriously, we could work on this shitty world piece by piece..if you see a wrong..right it...speak up. Take a stand people..it's our world..and each one of us has a sphere of influence..USE IT