Hope is not enough !

In the last weeks I've been hearing the same sentence again and again from many people during this corona crisis. It triggered some deep thinking in myself: "I hope we´ve learned something from this crisis ..."

That sounds pretty good at first.
There seems to be an awareness that something was wrong before and how it could be better.
But here is the problem:
Hope is simply not enough!
I keep hearing this sentence.
What is actually happening?
Wait… Let's see what others do ...
Please understand me correctly here...
I did not leave my comfort zone for years.
I took action only in an environment I deemed safe.

Therefore I know this attitude only too well.

„I can´t.“
„I am not good enough.“
„What can I do …“
„Only those who have the power can do that …“

But who has the power ...?
I definitely had given it up ...

So what changed ...?
What happened to me ... ?

It had been crystal clear to me for a long time that I actually ...
If I dared ...
But what will the others think ...
So I better leave it ...
And that's it again ...

There was a triggering moment, as so often, a moment that changed something…
that created an urgency inside of me ...

"I can't..."
"I'm not good enough..."
"What difference can I make..."
"Only those who have power can do..."

But who has power?
I had definitely given it away.
Now what is different?
And what has happened to me?
It had been clear to me for a long time that I actually.... If I dared... "But what will the others think..."
So I better leave it...
And this was it for me once again.

It took a triggering moment, a moment that made something urgent in my mind, as it so often does....
It was this conversation with a dear friend, after I had seen the baby of my godchild the day before.
This little wonderful being who is born on the same day as me.
All of a sudden I saw a situation before my eyes that could take place in the future.
My children would have children of their own and one of my grandchildren would stand in front of me and ask:
"Grandma, is it true that in the past there was wonderful nature, with clean seas and rivers, with forests, with good air...? "
"Yes, it's true. That's how it was..."
"Why did you let it come to this? Grandma, did you do anything to stop it?"
"Well, I separated garbage... I bought as sustainably as possible... - If I had done more..."
"What else could you have done, Grandma?"
"Many things, if I had had the courage..."
"Why courage?"
"I could have done much more... To go public... To reach more people."
I had been doing my job for many years. But I had known for a long time that it would have been up to me to become visible.
But that would also have meant leaving my safe haven.
That some people might not like me then........."

Seriously ?!
What kind of a luxury problem do I have?

Because somebody might not like me, I don't really appear and so I make sure that we drive our planet against the wall.
If we go on like this.
It was such a wake-up-call and I am more than grateful for it.
I will do my utmost to ensure that many things will change in our society.
Yes, and for that I accept that I might not be liked by some people.

I know what I am here for and I'm finally speaking up for it.
And it feels damn good.

So you will hear from me more often now.
And I have so many things planned.
But most of all, it's important that more people get going and stop waiting for others to do something.
Let's work together to change our society, and by that I mean humanity, for the better!

Thank you, Claudia

PS: Then we don't need to emigrate to other planets, we have paradise on earth right here.
PPS: By the way, this doesn't mean that I don't have my pants full by now, but I will do it anyway...