Chapter 337

"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." ~ Jane Goodall

Your life matters, it always has, regardless of your shade or color or gender. And because it actually matters, what you do has always made a difference. Perhaps not where you wanted it to and to the level you wished for, but it has made a difference. But you have more power in this choosing than it likely feels like you have.

But deciding which difference you want to make, or differences you want to make, may be the really difficult part. At least here in the West, and more and more so in the East, life is about money to pay for stuff we buy. While that may make a difference to your local retailer, this is not the change in the world difference that will matter beyond our years on this planet. This is not a difference. Nothing changes except your credit score, and that is not a difference worthy of you. You were made for better than this, more than this. While you intrinsically matter right from the beginning of your life, you want to leverage that into more.

Not more for you, but more for others. You don’t make an impact on the world by doing more for you. A difference is made when others benefit, whether they be ape or slum-dweller or slave or your neighbor in suburbia.

What you do already makes a difference, now just make it count.