Is caring enough?

Now I know I just wrote about caring, but I am just thinking beyond that and I have to wonder, is caring enough?

Caring is a good and amazing thing, don't get me wrong. If we didn't care then nothing would get done in this world. But I am just wondering if caring is merely the starting block for our actions and emotions, or if it can accomplish things on its own.

Caring is the first step to progress in my belief, because caring is likely to lead to more awareness of an issue by individuals. This awareness is likely to lead to the individual finding out more about the issue and finding different ways to get involved, or just talking to people they meet about issues that concern them. This increase awareness and introduction by others is likely to make people more concerned about the issue. This care and awareness might also increase an individuals likelihood to act on this issue, and it they act then change and progress really can happen.

I think too often (certainly in my life) people think that they are just one individual and that they can't change the world. Now I am not going to wear any rose tinted glasses here and tell anyone the contrary, because sadly that is true we are only one individual on a planet of 6 billion or so, the actions and change that we can instigate on our own is fairly limited, lets be honest. However I do believe that we can make a difference, although this difference maybe small and feel insignificant, over time change comes. Although on our own we are small, together we are ginormous. We can join organizations, make clubs, etc that do things that we want to see in the world. Even just by talking to others about issues, etc. that we care about we make people more aware of issues that they might not have thought about before, this in turn might make them change how they behave or think towards the issues and thinking is an amazing thing.

Thus I will leave you with a quote, that just might cheer up your day and make you smile or at least contemplate your impact in this world:
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”
― Dalai Lama XIV

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