Chapter 13: Change Your Language, Change the World

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******************************************************** ******************************************************** ****************Produced by Brandon Isbell**************** ******Written & co-produced by Joshua David McLerran****** ************Recorded at AMR.FM, Salt Lake City************ ******************************************************** ******************************************************** |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| –––––––––– Find out more at http://www.radiofortheblind.com ––––––––– |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| My Dear Sir... While passing through your native land, I have discovered an exceptional painting entitled The Aristocracy Within. I have been informed by its curator that you are responsible for its creation. I absolutely must become the owner of this work of genius, wherefore have I written to you now. However... after inquiring as to the current costs of paint & canvas & the like, I have discovered the price that you are asking to be exceptionally high & therefore quite unreasonable. Enclosed, please find a cheque that should cover the amount of your expenses in creating the thing & I will expect the delivery of this masterpiece to my summer home in St. Denis Basilica by no later than this Sunday next. I applaud your work, good sir, you are an Artist to the very penetralia of your being & your connaturally occurring talent is confounding in its inimitability. My only advice to you (if I may be thus pardoned from such audacity) is to leave the tenets of sales & business to those who are better equipped in mental & experiential capacities for such things, as your apparent expertise does not extend into pecuniary matters, only those pertaining to the Arts. I look forward to receiving this exciting piece & have already chosen the location of its hanging. I am forever in your trust & am most sincerely yours... Marie Antoinette CHAPTER 13: CHANGE YOUR LANGUAGE, CHANGE THE WORLD So... what can We do? We must remember that others are suffering. We must remember this at absolutely all times until there is no more suffering in the world. This should not weigh us down or cause us to feel helpless, but it should lift us up and inspire us to make something better of the world around us. We must remember that there are Human Beings on the Earth at this very moment who consider toilet paper to be a luxury of the wealthy. We must remember that there are Humans who are feeling as though there is nothing they can do to change their situations – much as we feel perhaps at times - and we must remember that when an individual influences the course of his or her own future, the future is influenced determinably for us all. We must remember that a conversation with another – informing him or her of the unknown suffering in the world, asking to hear his or her own thoughts on the matter - ideas on how to change things, make things better for us all - these things have an effect upon the individual and, quite ultimately, the world. When we think about something, it becomes a part of our language as well. When we speak of things, we find our actions are influenced by this dialog (to say "I'm going to do this!" forces us to choose either a path of honesty or a path of unreliability, and we most often wish to be known for the former, so we will try to Live up to what it is that we have said that we would do). Ultimately, it is our actions that will change the world, altering the course of Humanity in such a way as to point us in one direction or another, as it is our individual actions that will determine for us each: our characters and our overall destinies in Life. Finish reading this chapter by purchasing the book from RadiofortheBlind.com... http://www.radiofortheblind.com/buy-support