I Wanted To Change The World

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When I was a young boy I dreamed to change the world.

To resolve all the conflicts, to bring the world into peace.

When I was a young boy I had visions of utopia

I saw every person smiling and happy, overjoyed by life.

I dreamed to craft the manifestation of bliss

And gave it as a gift to liberate people from the 9 to 5.

When I was a teenager I was sure I was right.

Politics is a strategy and all strategies can create winners if they would only use Reason.

I saw it plainly, simply, and saw the distractions of the masses as in the way.

When I was a teenager it was clear the people didn't know what was best

That leadership was in direction, and I could see true north on the map.

When I was a young man I was proven wrong.

That there is no way to resolve these conflicts

Problems are never settled.

Utopia is a vision that breaks our animal brain

And happiness is always fleeting.

When I was a young man I felt jaded by it all

Ready to change the world by burning it all down.

Today I am neither right nor wrong,

But a collector from those that know.

That logic is a mechanism in a larger soul we cherish.

That the path to hell is paved with good intentions

That the most forgotten are the most important

And those lessons come from everyone.

Today I do not want to change the world.

I hope just for the wisdom to change myself

and to not be bogged down with dogma about who I am.

That utopia is for the dreamers, the anointed class that sells ideas.

That the best thing I can do is be a good brother, son, friend, and man.

To speak when asked

To give clarity when asked to clarify

To nudge forward and to serve those that desire to listen.

Today I know I fail at those things far more than I succeed

But I know I am not here to change the world

I am only here to change me.

Jordan

P.S. — this song, and this video, kinda inspired this.

P.S.S. — Merry Christmas.