Heaven awaits change

I read a great article today by Chi-Dooh Li of the Seattle P-I. He spoke about change. It's certainly something we're all hearing about with politics flooding the airwaves. But how many of us actually do change?

I know a lot of people who changed their garbage cans. They now have one specified for recycleable materials and another for waste. Some people have even changed their cars or the way they get to work. These folks do deserve kudos. Change in any form is never easy. Heck, I can't even manage to floss regularly. But how do we go from wanting to change to actually doing it?

I suppose it all comes down to baby steps. One day at a time. Look at how quickly the organic market took off. Why? Because people were willing to change the way they saw milk, eggs and soap.

Education is another the key. As Li said in his article, "change begins with you and me, our own desires and our own pocketbooks." Do we even know what that means anymore? How about finding out where more than just your dairy products come from? Where do your clothes come from (Singapore?), your long distance service (Bangladesh?) or even (yikes!) your make-up (baby rabbits?).

Of course we all know Rome wasn't built in a day. I haven't even got a clue what's in my make-up, let alone know where it comes from. But maybe, by drawing attention to it in this post, I've started change, one letter at a time.