I choose to live in my immediate world. It isn't that I don't care about what goes on in the big, wide world, but honestly, there's not a darned thing I can do to impact the big, bad world on any large scale.

On the other hand, I absolutely CAN and DO have an impact on my immediate world, on my family, my 3 sons, my students, my church. These immediate people in my life need me and I need them. I can help them and they can help me. HERE I can garner some real change, and honestly, that is where the big changes come from in the long run. I don't think people realize the value of strong family, strong community, strong faith in creating and instilling the values we wish the whole world could see and live by.