I beleive a lot of Kafka's novels are about this. Especially the Castle. Everybody is asking why doesn't the geodesist (sp?) just get up and leave when the situation is dire. But it's often not easy... or it feel that way.

While I say we can and have to do the steps to change... often it feels like a task that is impossible for one human.

The thing is to try to define your goals in achievable and very concrete terms (as opposed to "I wanna be happy and normal.")