#51) The World Needs You


Hello, and welcome back to "Always Be Better" with Mel Windham. Just like I did a year ago, I thought I'd come outside again and have another one-on-one talk with you.

And I'll cut straight to the chase. I'm concerned. In a perfect world, we would all live peacefully. Everyone would love and help each other. Strong leaders would guide us and show us through example the best way to succeed and prosper, giving us a strong foundation -- a top-down model of living.

However, last year I've come to realize that we can no longer rely on our world leaders. There's just too much hate, corruption, deception, and power-grabbing. More and more our leaders are teaching us to hate our opponents, and are encouraging division.

At times I wonder, who's going to come and save us? Who is left among us that has any remaining honor, integrity, intelligence, and a sincere desire to help make this world a better place? Where could we find such a person?

Could that person be ... you? Yes, you heard me right ... you. I know, it sounds crazy, but hear me out. If you're watching this video, it's a good sign that you care about what's going on in the world. And at this point, that is all that qualifies you for the task.

So, I'd like to ask yourselves to be ready and prepared. Be alert to what's going on around all of us. I want to tell you about a kind of revolution that's begun. People just like you and me are concerned, and we're starting to be more outspoken. Some of us are organizing our efforts. The goal? To spread love, peace and working together. A bottom-up model, if you will. If we can't rely on the top-down model of strong leaders showing us the way, we will instead need to take the reins ourselves, and bring about this peaceful change from the bottom-up. 

Now, I would like to ask you to look around and witness this revolution for yourselves. And when you see it, I would like to further ask you to join that effort. If someone is nice to you, pay it forward. If someone does you a favor, return that favor to someone else. And then find ways to work together to make someone else's life better. Then the successes in your microcosmos will spread out to a larger audience, and ultimately, it will catch on. This kindness and cooperation will then flow up to the top, and catch the attention of our leaders.

As for myself, I'm going to be increasing the number of videos I produce this year. I know -- last year I only did three videos and a bonus feature. But now I feel the urgency. I need to speed up the Political Track, and hopefully by the end of this year I'll be able to communicate our best way forward.

I have hope that we will be successful, and we will all help each other. I think that together, we can do great things and help the world get back on track. For now, check out some of the videos I've already produced here, and we will continue this discussion next time, here on "Always Be Better."

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