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Change the world




I saw that the famous business man Mr Percy Barnevik, known as the CEO at a company named ABB wrote a book with the title "I want to change the world"

My first feeling was "Who asked him to change the world"? Why and in to what?

The book is filled with names of well known business men, typical men stuff , power and money.

Macho things...


If you want establish something you have to ask yourself some questions, "Why you want to do it?", " how are you going to do it"?
Change the world! after being accused of sexual harassment's in London a month ago, changing the world is perhaps not on the top of Mr Barneviks agenda today.

Tolstoy said : Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself
Albert Einstein said: “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking.”

Its very true.

I cant change you, you have to do that yourself. No matter how hard I try or how long time I'm trying to change you, you are the one in charge.

A Monk wrote this poem a very long time ago:

When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world.

I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn't change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family. My family and I could have made an impact on our town. Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world.



Perhaps I should send this poem to Mr Barnevik to save him from doing the same mistake as the old Monk!
Start Believe in Jesus, that makes a difference!

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