So screw all the wishes for world peace. I wish you discomfort; comfortable people don’t change the world, or themselves. May your favorite jeans be a bit too snug; your bank account a digit short, and your outrage over social ills undiminished.
Start with whatever general dissatisfaction you have around your own life. Quit that habit. Lose that weight. Learn that language. Get that promotion. Quit that job. Launch that startup. Volunteer. Donate. Travel to that place. (Respectfully) approach that crush. Fall madly in love. Have those kids. Settle that feud.
Just don’t stop there.
It’s time to get as uncomfortable about the suffering of others as you are about your own. Injustice and systemic oppression aren’t going to end themselves. Be unreasonable. Resolve to change the world. Start with yourself. Now is as good a time as any.
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