I am an individual, but I am not any more special than anyone else. I am special to the people around me, as I am to them. I acknowledge that I can only change myself and the people I come in contact with, so I will start there. Change can not be forced, coerced, legislated or demanded. It happens when we are ready. We are not ready. All change is not the same. Change for the sake of change or to leave your mark is not change. That is alterations.