Little Drops of Water

A normally sensible bvn, had a difference of opinion on my previous post He said "individual solutions and that too insignificant ones at that, to bigger systemic problems..." I know he also wants to see a better place...The only difference is in the approach, I feel...He thinks (rather I think he thinks :P) that only revolutionary changes (rather a change at a big scale) can resolve systemic problems...

Now, I always believed (note the past tense) that individual solutions are very powerful even to systemic problems....and that we shouldn't wait for revolutionary changes to happen before we act in our own small way...

However, that comment set me thinking... Are individual solutions actually insignificant? Should I be trying more for a massive change rather than begin with smaller first steps?

And like a pleasant coincidence today my firm organized a meeting on corporate social responsibility and how each one of us can make a difference....But, the speaker didn't give me any hard facts, so I have decided to do some research on my own...to verify whether my optimism is idealistic and Utopian or is it just a slightly painful but do-able solution I hope my research will help me come up with something that will motivate me to remain optimistic...

For starters, here is a poem dedicated to all those people who believe that whatever little bit they do makes a difference...for those who believe that every long journey starts with a single step....

Little Drops of Water

Little Grains of Sand

Make the Mighty Ocean

And the Pleasant Land

Little Drops of Water C. Grant Loomis Western Folklore, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Jan., 1964)