Sweeping Changes Ahead

By Kathy Custren

A few days ago, a writing notion came to me that I entitled, “It’s Taken This Long.” The idea was to outline our long, shared journey and provide a snapshot of where we stand on a number of areas, such as education, health, energy, and environment. Disheartened, the title changed to, “This is NOT the World We Need.” Things turned rather depressing, since so many of us are all living these realities. It would not be anything we did not already know. We might agree that we are overdue for a bit of spring cleaning.

Hence, it changed yet again to its current and newest title. Sweeping changes are what we need, really. Considering the fact that we are all here for a reason at this particular time, there is the definite possibility that we will see, and many of us may very well cause, sweeping changes to transpire. As mentioned above, there is no “one” thing that must be fixed, there are many. From systems like education, energy, and health, to the smaller choices, like the type of diet we eat and mindful words we emit from our mouths, we are, in fact, making sweeping changes take place.