Almost everyone who is concerned will tell you that he or she thinks we need serious intervention in the world. Just look at the selfish style of political, social and spiritual leadership that is driven by benefiting an individual rather than the noble course of helping the masses. Look at the breakdown of the nuclear family unit and the thinning out of the social support system that the extended family used to offer. Just look at the alarming rate of addiction to drugs, alcohol, sex, and pornography and the resulting pain that result when people seek quick fix solutions to emotional problems. Consider the famine, flooding, and erratic weather patterns that are resulting from irresponsibility in handling environmental issues. It seems like the whole world is drowning!

And one just needs look to recognize the places where we went wrong, and identify the people who are responsible for the mess. And many good people will go about their business and leave it up to the people who are responsible to reverse the trends. But will they?

We might not be the ones who threw a man into the water, but can we go about our business when that man is drowning? And yet, that is exactly what good men and women are doing when they leave it all up to the country politicians, spiritual leaders, environmental activists and the United Nations to sort out the various problems that we can easily recognize around us. When the man dies, what is the point of pointing a finger and saying, “That is the person who threw him into the water!”, and yet, we know that we could have helped save the man?

Often it feels like the problems of the world are too enormous for us to handle. For by looking at the size of the world, and comparing it to ourselves, we feel insignificant. If you ask, “Can I really make a difference in the world?”, remember the words of Anita Roddick; “If you think you’re too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.”

Everyone can be that mosquito in his or her own right. He who can write let him write now; he who can sing let him sing now; he who can heal let him heal now…he who has something to say let him say it now. In saving the world, and in doing anything else, let each who can do something – anything – do it right now. Remember, the man who is drowning will not wait for the person who saves him to change into a swimming consume, refresh their CPR skills, or even learn how to swim. A drowning man will not wait to be saved in the future.