Suggestion #8: Savor the journey. Changing the world shouldn't be grim work. Take time to enjoy nature, good music, good conversation, and whatever else lifts your soul. Savor the company of good people working for change
Suggestion #9: Think large. Don't be afraid to tackle the deepest-rooted injustices, and to tackle them on a national or global scale. Remember that many small actions can shift the course of history.
Suggestion #10: Listen to your heart. It's why you're involved to begin with. It's what will keep you going.
I'd love reader comments on how these idea have played out in your own personal social engagement.
Adapted from the wholly updated new
edition of "Soul of
a Citizen: Living with Conviction in Challenging Times" by Paul
Rogat Loeb (St Martin's Press, $16.99
paperback). With over 100,000 copies in print, "Soul" has become a
classic guide to involvement in social change. Howard Zinn calls it
"wonderful...rich with specific experience." Alice Walker says,
"The voices Loeb finds demonstrate that courage can be another name for
love." Bill McKibben calls it "a powerful inspiration to citizens
acting for environmental sanity."
Loeb also wrote "The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear," the History Channel and American Book Association's #3 political book of 2004.
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