I Wanted to Change the World

By Unknown Monk, 1100 A.D.

"When I was a young man,  I wanted to change the world, so I tried to change my nation.

When I found I couldn't change the nation, I  began to focus on my town.  I couldn't change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

Now, as an old man, I realize the only thing I can change is myself, and suddenly I realize that if long ago I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family.  My family and I could have made an impact on our town.  Their impact could have changed the nation and I could indeed have changed the world."

The future of the World!