As I was pondering that question and trying to figure out what I have written that has any real significance, the Declaration of Independence came to mind. The men who came up with that document knew they were doing something important at the time, but I wonder if they knew how important it would be for generations of Americans. They risked great peril for some principles that really mattered to them.
Have you ever written anything that changed the lives of others? Would you have done it if you faced potential persecution or death?
I often wonder how life would be for all of us today if the men who wrote the Declaration had decided that the risk was too great, the cause not that important.
Last week I wrote a post, What would you write if you weren't afraid? Today I'm thinking that it's not so much about not being afraid, but overcoming the fear - walking through the fear to write something really important.
That something important might be a novel, a love letter, a grant application, a newspaper column, a blog. It doesn't really matter. Most of us won't change lives with the big splash made my the writer's of the Declaration of Independence, but we can make a difference in the lives of those around us.
A big difference made in a single life still changes the world.
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