Dear Max,

Within every one of us lies the power to make change – we’ve talked about this before. The problem is that so many people just don’t know where to start. They look up and down to try to figure out how to change people’s minds, but the key lies with them.

You must change yourself from the onset. One cannot expect others to change if they keep going on without changing themselves. Consider this:

Change your thoughts and you change your world. – Norman Vincent Peale

Just one simple thought is all you have to change. It’s amazing how simple it can be if you put your mind to it. If you find yourself always getting upset through a repeated action or thought, change how you approach it. Don’t let yourself go on continuing to be mad at the same things if you can help it – and usually you can. You make the decisions that affect your world and the world around you. 

Make decisions that make your life better, even if it’s the harder way to think at first. Just one thought. One mind to start. One world to follow. One person – you.

Love, 

Dad