According to a website, 8000hours.org, Making a Difference means
The number of people
whose lives you improve,
and how much you improve
them by.
The website uses this definition in terms of wellbeing, which they further define to include happiness, health and a lack of suffering, as well as broader notions of human flourishing or satisfying one’s preferences.
I believe this is a good definition for our purpose this month. As a team, we decided that one of the best things we can do for our community and our world is to showcase what it means to make a difference.
The artist Beyonce helped us to understand that it should be one of our missions to make a change, in her song, “I Was Here:”
I wanna say I lived each day until I died
And know that I meant something in somebody's life
The hearts I have touched will be the proof that I leave
That I made a difference and this world will see
John Lennon schooled us on the importance of honoring our earnest dreams and their potential impact, in his song, “Imagine:”
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one.
While Matthew West took us to church to show us that our creator made us to make a change, in his song “Do Something:”
…God, why don’t you do something
He Said I Do…
I created you!
And the Immortal Michael Jackson helped us all see that we face the change agent every day, with his song, “Man in the Mirror:”
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you want to make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change.
We honor Mahatma Gandhias saying, “Be the Change You Want to See in the World.” With this month’s edition, I show you people, groups, and businesses that are doing just that. Using their talents and gifts to make a change in this world, which starts in your home, in your community, and then spreads like light throughout the World.
Read GenZ Inspired for more stories about making a difference https://madmagz.com/magazine/1561691#/page/2