Hi,
Everyone makes a fiff. we just don't always see the results , just a compliment ( such as yours) can make someones day. I am a social worker, what bothers me the most is I don't have all the answers, I just write about what I se and feel, thats all I have right now.I MISS ME I have DID and its a struggle to be on the couch instead of in the chair so to speak.I have a BSW and LSW and I am far from understandinng what is going on in my body and my brain. Yet try to understand others. You asked how we can make a change. Honesty, its hard we have walls for protection to hide our insecurities from others only that wall also keeps us isolated and alone. EVERYONE HAS PROBLEMS, your not diff. So if you feel you want to make a change start, no matter what it is others will see and you might be that encouragment, reminder or leader that others see you doingnd think" I wish I was like that." Your right BTW I think most dont want superficial but being afraid of being judged makes us run with the pack. Unless you stop, take down your wall and show them the truth. You might find out there are others that will stop running and take down there walls. It only takes one person to start a change, who says YOU aren't that person? Besides there is strength in numbers, change has to start somewhere. Somthing little by starting to recycle makes me feel I am doing somthing. So do what you think is right, start by making a diff. in whatever you feel needs to be done. I have a feeling you notice alot of things around you that you care enough to want change. At risk of sounding cheesy, Michael Jackson said it best. " I'm starting with the man in the mirror, I am asking him to make that change." Thats my sop box speech. Now friend, if I am going to get better I need to change and its scary and its going to be hard every step of the way. but I need to make a change or I will never get ME back. See we all have things we need to change big or small. Follow your dreams sounds like your trying to decide where you are in life. We all are. JR