I believe that small actions matter. All our actions, no matter how small or large have an impact on our environment, on people around us and on our own life. For example a kind word may make your colleague feel better; being a role model to a child waiting to cross the road may save its life one day.
At a larger scale, all our individual actions combine to impact a city, a country or the whole world as we see by news items around the world, examples being the unauthorised Catalan independence vote, Brexit or the financial crisis of 2008.
The root of these situations and problems is not a lack of education or a fault with the system. In my opinion, the problem is the fact that people are not aware of the full range of options and the respective consequences of their actions.
Over the next year, I will think out loud about my thoughts and ideas on the topic and why it is important to me. I’d like to hear your ideas and feedback as well to ensure an unbiased view of the world.
Therefore, I encourage you to think about your actions and whether they are result of a conscious decisions to improve your life in the long run. Or were they merely result of habit or outside influences?
More importantly, I invite you to take positive action and do the right thing every time you have the opportunity to do so.