The following illustration paints a clear picture of the need to first change self. Someone, it could be you, prayed this prayer for years: “O Lord, change the world.” Pastor Makarimayi The world did not change. He fasted about it but nothing changed. He reduced the prayer: “O Lord, change my continent.” Nothing happened. He reduced if further: “O Lord, change my country,” but the country did not change. He reduced it even further: “O Lord, change my neighbourhood,” but nothing changed. He reduced it even further still: “O Lord, change my family,” but still the family did not change. Lastly he prayed: “O Lord, change me,” and alas the whole world changed. The bottom line is, if you and I do not change, everyone and everything else will not change. Paradoxically, everyone wants to change everyone else except themselves. Many dream of touching and changing the world. The world of course doesn’t change unless we do. With this understanding, many hang the following philosophy on their walls: “God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it’s me.” Kirsten Zambucka echoes and says: “Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. “We see only ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and actions are only a reflection of our own. The whole world and its condition has its counterparts within us all. Turn the gaze inward. Correct yourself and your world will change. “It’s also true that many companies get comfortable doing what they have always done, with a few incremental changes. “This kind of incrementalism leads to irrelevance over time, especially in technology, because change tends to be revolutionary and not evolutionary. So you need to force yourself to place big bets on the future. “It’s why we invest in areas that may seem wildly speculative, such as self-driving cars or a balloon-powered internet. “While it’s hard to imagine now, when we started Google Maps, people thought that our goal of mapping the entire world, including photographing every street, would prove impossible. “So if the past is any indicator of our future, today’s big bets won’t seem so wild in a few years’ time.” This message is an excerpt From: “8- How Google Works (Eric Schmidt).” Grand Central Publishing, 2014-09-23. iBooks, with additional quotations from me. What does the future hold for you is the question often asked. I ask, what do you hold in the present for your future? Many don’t want to be hopeful because it requires their action and positive engagement to direct the trajectory of life in a desired way. “In the first place it appears to cost to have hope but it will pay off in the end when the fruit of your positivity brings smiles. If there’s hope in the future, there’s power in the present. “Make that power generating plant in your heart. It has capacity to generate wattage to change your world. There’re people who always complain whether it’s summer or winter, day or night, sunny or on rain day.