Comments on: I Am But A Small Voice

By: Elisa

Elisa — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:01:24 +0000

Katie, I just referred you to someone who was talking about Laughter Yoga on Twitter. You are so right, it’s important to find the levity in the things you are doing, otherwise we can get caught up in our own lives and forget the “subtle ripple effect” Thanks for sharing, I’ll have to check out Dan Pink

By: Katie West/ The Levity Coach

Katie West/ The Levity Coach — Fri, 15 May 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Elisa,
Fabulous post and so right on as we merge into this Conceptual Age ( As Dan Pink writes). It is about each of us in our own way thinking about our footprint that we want to leave and whether it is revolutionizing the entire world or creating a subtle ripple effect from where we are, it all has an impact.
And you know me, I will jut be here laughing.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:59:00 +0000

Thanks for asking me to write it Matt, it is great to be a small voice in a big story!

@IrishHeart - You are so right. The young professional generation has been raised so much to believe that we are destined for great things and so we start to think in terms of the huge impacts. I'm glad you were able to find small things to make differences in to get to the goals that are important to you!

@Paul - The world keeps spinning round and round and while things change they still seem to stay the same. The small changes that were made in the 60's have come to have bad connotation now (Hippies, Protestors, etc.) but the sentiment is still the same. We just have to figure out how to be little hippie protestors in the new climate!

@Lauren, I love the idea of taking a poem that inspires someone into a place to inspire others. Talk about paying it forward!

By: Lauren Dietlin

Lauren Dietlin — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:02:00 +0000

Love this post, Elisa. I am so all about doing “small” things. I find the idea that our efforts have to be “big” really defeating and off-putting. We all do what we can in the context of our own lives and it all matters. Just this week in the New Girls class I facilitate, one of the women mentioned that she took a poem we were reading (Imagine a Woman) and shared it with a group of incarcerated women she meets with who responded to it quite positively. So a woman writes a poem, another shares it with other women, and so on — the poem incites reflection and action, and who knows where that will lead? Small things can create big changes.

By: Paul Doucette

Paul Doucette — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:51:00 +0000

What you are talking about has been happening for ages upon ages. People have been making what they view as small changes and eventually they made major differences. The way the changes have been communicated is what has changed. At first it was all by word of mouth, then written word sent to a few people. With the advent of the 20th century, radio made change happen much quicker. The TV in the 60′s saw major change happen almost over night. Now with computers and social networking, it can be almost instantaneous. That does not mean we should stop trying to make change. That is what this world is built on. Man and woman trying to do something a new way or find a cure for a disease and so on. So let’s all keep on trying to change things whether they be small or large. It can make a difference.

By: IrishHeart416

IrishHeart416 — Tue, 12 May 2009 00:12:00 +0000

It’s very true, we have been told that we need to make huge changes to make huge impacts. But when I was in college, the small changes made the impacts. Changing a title on a paper, deciding what classes to make, and being nice to the people I lived with helped me achieve my ultimate goal of graduating. Our generation has been told that we need to create big actions to get big reactions. Unfortunately for these people, they themselves are only making small actions and talking many words. Good post Paco, ya done good again

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:06:00 +0000

Elisa - I love this, it adds so much to the overall theme of this entire series. That ONE voice, ONE person, CAN have a huge impact. ONE person can unite a group of people.

Look no further than yours truly. Who am I in the grand scheme of things? Who was I to you a month ago? A complete stranger? Heck, who am I now? A fellow blogger? But somehow, this relative no-name blogger from Nashville managed to unite voices from India to Argentina, Los Angeles to New York City. All I did was reach out, all I did was have an idea and once I did, I ran with it. And look what that small idea has become across the web.

What this illustrates and reiterates is the power and impact one voice can have on many. I'm not here to toot my own horn, but if there are people out there doubting what they are capable of, I hope what I am putting together will revolutionize the way they think about themselves.

That's what it's all about, that's my goal of this series. Not to get people to make HUGE changes - but to inspire people to look within and clear themselves of doubt, stop trying and start doing. Hopefully, when all is said and done, I will have accomplished as much.

Thanks again for this post, It is an awesome addition to this 'change revolution'!