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13 What advice do you have for young people who want to change the world?

Smile at the person sitting next you. Tolerate the people who are nearest to you. Be certain that you are looking at the children and adults next to you as equals--and that you are being seen as equal. The change of the world begins with your greeting someone who doesn't expect to be greeted, or greeting someone who is angry at you. It begins with your negotiating what could be a fight. It begins with your respect for someone that you disagree with.

Changing the world is not a big, huge event that you start and there's a band playing and all of that. Changing the world begins when you look in the mirror and you know who you are and you realize your connection with the universe. It begins when you realize that you are strong, you are perfect, and you deserve to be whatever you can be.
Melba Beals

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