Small things that change the world
The person who has saved more lives than anyone else in recorded history was an agricultural scientist named Norman Borlaug who developed high-yielding crops and thereby prevented an estimated 245 million to 1 billion people from dying in developing countries due to famine. It is amazing to me that the advent of a new and better way of doing something essentially saved at least as many people as the populations of Canada, Australia, France and Great Britain combined. Often I get caught up in the movie drama illusion of feeling like the only way to help people is with larger than life actions. To help the world become a better place I must storm the African jungle and start my own militia to save gorillas like Dian Fossey or kick down doors with my SWAT team to save child sex workers like Aaron Cohen. Most days saving the world seems that it is a job for those who can throw caution to the wind and move mountains with their bare hands. That is why today I want to honor the Norman Borlaug’s of the world and hopefully I will drum up some inspiration for myself (or you) to find little things that can change the world in big ways.
