The power to do great things.

It seems to me that everyone has the power to do great things. By great I mean enormous and life changing. The ability to change the world. Simply think about all the great people in our history. Most of them didn't do anything that you and I can't do. Martin Luther King told people about his dream. Rosa Parks refused to move. Ghandi and Jesus spoke for the down trodden and against the establishment. Most people who do great things aren't from any GREAT background in fact many of them are poor and have as many obstacles in life than we do, if not more.

Unfortunately this power, to do something great, can also be used for evil. Look at Hitler and the like.

Someone once told me something really profound. She it was a Buddhist proverb. "Be the change you want to see in the world." Also another great quote that I got off a friend's Myspace account. "Dare to manifest thine own self."

Let this challenge you. And ask yourself, "Why can't I do something great?" And then go out and make a dent in the world.