Change the World by Changing Me

The Sufi Bayazid says this about himself: “I was a revolutionary when I was young and all my prayer to God was: ‘Lord, give

me the energy to change the world.’ " 

“As I approached middle age and realised that half my life was gone without my

changing a single soul, I changed my prayer to: ‘Lord, give me the grace to change all those who come in contact with me. Just my family and friends,

and I shall be content.’ ” 

“Now that I am an old man and my days are numbered, my one prayer is: ‘Lord,

give me the grace to change myself.’ If I had prayed for this right from

the start I should not have wasted my life.”

SOURCE : “THE SONG OF THE BIRD” ANTHONY DE MELLO, S.