“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.”
(Leo Tolstoy)

In one sense, of course this is true, Mr. Tolstoy.

But in the selfie-social world we all live in, we wish to change neither ourselves, nor the world—we just want to change the way the world looks at us.

Funny thing is, though, when we change ourselves we accomplish all three: We change, the world benefits from our self-improvement, and as a result people think higher of us.

Peace begins with pause,