This is the lesson I take from Montmartre, and the communities I have seen all over the world working within their own sphere of influence: We cannot seek to change the world, but we can choose to change where we are, and doing so will change who we are and what we do, and what we do may very well one day have changed all that is far beyond our... See more

We often discuss issues such as pollution, poverty, or corruption from a global perspective; yet we fail to consider them locally—in our city, neighborhood, or even family. We’re thus trained to be irresponsible: the more we think and talk about problems we can’t control—the more virtuous we feel but—the more we neglect the problems which are in

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