I believe in the power of intention to change the landscape of our society - and it is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action. Jamey Rodemeyer's life changed mine.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is my intention to live an authentic life of compassion and integrity and action.
I really believe in the power of the individual to make change, and our family is a real collection of individuals.
I realized that my truest passion was for helping people change through faith in a higher power. That meant, for me, belonging to the church. Using my abilities to bring Christian doctrine to a postmodern world.
So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me.
My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.
My act is based on my life.
I come personally from a broken family, divorced very early in my childhood, a family with its own share of troubles, so I think that was very influential in both me believing that someday I would consistently devote myself to my own family that I created, but I think it also really affects my view of the world.
As a child, I went to peace and ERA marches on the back of my mom and grandmother. Through them I learned that I wanted to find a way to make the world a more kind, compassionate place.
I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.
The question, I've come to think, is not what inspires one to change, but what inspires one to remain changed.