Ch-ch-changes.

A change is a kind of movement, from a point to another. We want change something to move us from a point to another, because the first point doesn’t give us satisfaction. Live in the world implies some nonconformity with how the world is, and imagine some changes is a way to express that nonconformity.

                Changes are not necessarily big. We can imagine an utopia, but also we can conceive some little changes in order to make a better world. I want to imagine three changes in our society that can the world a better place:

1. Say hi. In Chile, the neoliberal impact is brutal. Individualism is a life style and consumism is a kind of religion. Basic aspects in neoliberal life are a competition and relations with others are a rarity. This aspect is expressed in minimal details, like people in streets, public transport, elevators, or meetings, almost never say a simple “hi”. This word can change the day of someone.

2. To listen more. The relation with others begins with empathy, and empathy must be worked. Listen is a minimal consideration with others, because is a process in which we know other people and we let our private bubble to understand the life of the others. Listen is a time of silence that we give to others, a little gift that makes a better world.

3. Political participation. Individualism is the way in which society is damaged, based on false belief that we are lonely persons in a cruel world. In order to counter that expression of individualism, political participation is a way of asking ourselves for our collective kind of life. I think that political participation could be the base of a real bigger change in our society.

                In any case, changes always start with little gestures, that turn into a bigger change. We can see any change as a result, but the most important is the movement between.