I'm here today to remind all of us that one person cannot solve the challenges of the world. That is the work for each one of us.

If you want to, you can find problems in every part of the globe. Set your mind to find them, and it won't take you long to fill a very large piece of paper, perhaps an entire notebook. Personally, I prefer to look for opportunities to change the way things "are" by asking the question, "What would it look like if it was fixed?" Then I ask myself, "What can I do to help?"

When I was very young, I looked for ways to make "the big-time." How could I make the big splash and solve a problem, and I would wait to find the "big deal." It was more ego than anything else. As I matured - especially after I learned the information I impart to you - I learned that you can't wait around for the big-splash opportunity. If you do, you will accomplish nothing.

Each of us needs to look for solutions to the challenges around us, no matter how small. If you walk past the small things, you will never be in a position to make a bigger difference.  We also deny the opportunity for the "ripple effect" to go to work. You know the ripple effect: drop a pebble in a pond and watch the ripples moving out from where you dropped the pebble. Eventually these ripples touch every part of the pond. You and I, each of us, has the potential to be that pebble, hopefully for the good of all.

So today, let's start taking accountability for our little corners of the world. Be the pebble for positive change in what you see. With enough pebbles, we'll see a wave of positive change sweep around the globe.