Never underestimate yourself. If you have a vision that is meant to embrace the hearts of humanity, go ahead and take those tiny modest steps to fulfill the promise. It is unnecessary to have highfalutin ideals that require an institution or trend to get kick started.

Beautiful embracing improvement happens with small changes, that seem trivial in the beginning but taken together the trifles add up to a huge impact on the environment and consciousness.

I recently learned about Olga Bloom, a retired concert violinist who mortgaged her home and turned an old coffee barge into a floating concert hall.

Check it out on Bargemusic.

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