Customers and Friends and Changing the World

I have the best customers. I like to call them friends, though, since I feel like I know them. I like when people stop by, buy some chocolate (of course) and leave a little happier than when they came in. That's my goal. The other day, two ladies came in and said, "We read your blog, we feel like we know you!" That was the best compliment of the week! I don't know which I like better, making and selling chocolate goodies, or writing about it, but I'll tell you this, knowing that somewhere, someone is reading this little blog makes me smile. So thank you!!!

Signing off a conversation the other day, one of my best friends said, "Go make the world a better place." Maybe it was a joke, maybe it was just a clever way to say see-ya, but it got me thinking...what if this was my goal each day? Wouldn't that be cool? To go out into the world each day, asking how can I make the world a better place and finding little ways to accomplish that goal? Thinking this way also begs the bigger question, Can one person make a difference? Can one person change the world?

What do you think? Can one person make a difference? Corporate giants, too-big governments, and just everyday cyncics would like us all to believe the answer is no. They would like us all to be lemmings, just going along with the way things are, because to change the way things are is just too big for one person. That's what THEY want you to think...but the proof is in puddles. Think about it, look at your reflection in a puddle next time it rains. Then swirl your fingers in the water...your whole reflection changes, right? What if one person can cause just enough ripples to alter someone's perception? Then THAT person causes ripples, then another, then another... If you knew you could cause ripples, and change the world, what would you do?

I heard someone say recently (in a movie...funny how I find so many good lines in movies) that the biggest act of revolt is to be an optimist. So, with my rose-colored glasses on, and an optimistic view, I'm looking at the world today as how I want it to be, and thinking of ways that I, one little person, can change it.