Ghandi’s Words

Henrik Edberg put a collection of quotes by Ghandi under his top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World. You can check out the original post at http://www.positivityblog.com/index.php/2008/05/09/gandhis-top-10-fundamentals-for-changing-the-world/.

Quotes are a good inspiration, a good peacemaker, a good way to make people think and learn about the subject you care about and want people to know about. Quotes often have many different ideas wove into the letters and words. They are meant to help people think about an issue, concern, or subject you feel passionate about. They can be funny, biased, and almost always inspirational. As we all know, Mahatma Ghandi was a very wise, motivating, spiritual leader that lead India in the peace–fight against the British. However, as Henrik Edberg states in his article, ‘Mahatma Gandhi needs no long introduction’.

Everybody knows (or should know) how Ghandi stopped the British with words, just by opening his mouth and speaking. He never raised a finger, yet he prevented a war. He made his country free, and he never declared war, he never threatened, and he never murdered anyone. He said he would die for what he believed, but he would not kill for what he believed. What came out of Mahtama Ghandi’s mouth were powerful words, and probably words that would do everyone a lot of good if we listened to him.

What would be of this world if nobody killed, nobody murdered innocently, and people could sleep at night knowing they would wake up the next morning safe and sound? It would be such a… dream world. It would also be unbelievably unreal. I don’t believe there could ever be a completely, 100% carefree, happy-go-lucky world, but some problems in this world could definitely be reduced, or even demolished with the help of us, the people.

Unfortunately, we cannot change the actions of other people. We can change the actions of ourselves, though. We can change our actions in a way that makes other people want to follow our actions. For example, if we wanted everybody to start recycling plastic bottles, we would have to give information about why this is an important subject people should practice, we would have to be convincing with facts ready, explain everything about how this affects our world, and more importantly, we would have to take action. We would have to set up a program, such as getting recycling plastic boxes for everyone’s house. People get inspired when another person takes action and does something useful to the world, and that inspires them to take action.

If more people were leaders as good as Mahtama Ghandi, the world would be more in power, more in touch with the great problems that the Earth is just getting set up for and the huge troubles that are going to take place in the next few decades. It seems endless when you learn about all the nonstop world problems, and how everybody always says ‘You are the generation that is going to fix this world’. And as a small person in only middle school, you might think, ‘Why me? What did I ever do to deserve all these troubles on my shoulders?’ In fact, it’s just like poverty. Every child is born into the world rich or poor, and if they’re poor there’s practically nothing they can do to change it. We were born into this slowly crumbling world that needs help, we were born with the responsibility and expectance that we would fix this world and help solve a few of the major problems that were here before we arrived. Remember how everyone also always says that small actions change the world? As Ghandi says, ‘You must be the change you want to see in the world’. That basically says it all. You do have to be the change that you want, or it’s not going to happen. So stand up for what you believe in, make this world change…for the better! If you’re thinking, “Like what?”, there are problems like poverty, rich/poor gap, global warming, hunger, pollution, unequal distribution, spreading diseases in less fortunate countries, and so many more. You can see, there’s a lot to help! Go online and there is many organizations that try and help these problems with your help!

It was a really inspiring article I read, and if you feel like some wise words to brighten up your day and to influence you lives positively, check out the link at the top of the page to see where the base of my post comes from!

An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.

Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.