I just watched a wonderful new movie about the Dalai Lama. The basic premise was that 40 really smart, cutting age thinkers met with him to see if they could find solutions to some of the world's problems. If I could sum it up in a sentence I would need to use the words of the Dalai Lama himself. He said, "100 people with not so many brains could find more solutions to the world's problems than 40 people with smart brains." The movie showed what happens when 40 really smart people with egos get in a room and try to work as a team. I had to laugh or cry, knowing that I would have been right there with the best of the egos!

Many of the group's leading thinkers wanted to talk to the Dalai Lama individually so that they could present their ideas to him. Others in the group were happy to put their ideas together and allow one person to speak for the group. When they did present, the Dalai Lama usually agreed with the people who had common sense ideas, not the big plans to save the world. It boiled down to practicing compassion within ourselves.....one person at a time.....to change the world.