“The World Needs More People Like You”... But It Won’t Be Me

by Lyn Lomasi, Write W.A.V.E. Media Staff

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“The world needs more people like you”. This is a common expression I hear made to myself and many others often. Sadly, when people say this, many of them often don’t represent the very differences they just complimented or spoke highly of. It’s almost like they’re saying “the world needs more people like you, but it won’t be me.”

It’s interesting how people want to see change but would rather someone else do it. If everyone leaves things up to someone else, who’s left to do what people feel is ideal? How can you support something, yet not support it at the same time? This is exactly what you do when you tell people the world needs more like them, but then never act upon whatever good things you feel they’re doing.

If you see an injustice, by all means be a part of the solution. There's nothing stopping you from being more like those you say the world needs more of. Nothing, that is, except yourself. You and only you stand in the way of the positive things you could be doing.

The world needs more people like you -- if you stand up and take action. Otherwise, you’re simply repeating this phrase while the world actually does need more people -- more people that care enough to act for the greater good.

The world does need more people. And it WILL be me. Will it be you?