Any group, community, or system we join will have problems.

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When humans are involved, nothing is perfect.

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After a while those issues rise to the surface.

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Then we can often find ourselves questioning our involvement.

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Why did I join this group?

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How come they do things this way?

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It makes no sense to me!

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We can start to question everything.

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Soon we start to see only the challenges and can easily forget the good things that drew us in.

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When we focus on all of those "problems" we may miss a real opportunity.

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It is the opportunity for us to make a difference.

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To voice our opinion and perspective.

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To be a force to make a change and improve things.

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For there is a reason why we were attracted to the group to begin with.

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We saw something special or appealing to us.

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That is something we should not let go to waste.

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If it has many good characteristics, then why not try to improve it?

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Why not put some effort in to move it in a better direction?

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Perhaps that is why we were called to there in the first place.

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Maybe we can take what we see and use it as a learning experience.

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To learn to do better.

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And to find a way to get the situation to serve us.

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Or it might be a calling to start our own group.

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To build something ourselves that is better than what exists.

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And to be better in that situation.

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If we can be present the things we experience that are not working for us, we can use it as a call to improve.

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It can be a chance for a new start.

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And we can take what we have experienced and seen and use it to create something even better.

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Are you upset at how things are?

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Wonderful!

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Now let's do something about and not just talk about it.

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If we are involved then there is an opportunity specifically for us.

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It could be about having our voice heard.

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Or it could be about creating something new.

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That is for us to decide for ourselves.

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Do you find yourself complaining about a certain situation?

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Great!

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Now go and do something about it!

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant