Change The World, Change Your Life: Discover Your Life Purpose Through Service

Angela Perkey
Conari Press (2010)
ISBN 9781573244633
Reviewed by Joseph Yurt for Reader Views (09/10)

 

Americans have always been a nation of givers to causes of all kinds. Typically, they have given money. Increasingly they are giving of themselves. This uplifting phenomenon is captured in “Change The World, Change Your Life,” by Angela Perkey, complete with a blueprint the reader can follow to build their own unique global purpose. Ms. Perkey, a recent college graduate, now working full time in the financial industry, chose to share the work in progress of her own service journey as a means to empower others to consider how they can improve their own lives and the lives of others through service. It’s important to note that the very practical Perkey is quick to point out that “this is about...doing what you can, not activism.”

This easy to read, yet powerfully positive, guide book is broken down into three parts: Finding Your Global Purpose; Changing Your Life; and, Changing Your World. While the titles of each part might seem daunting, Perkey’s own experience and the numerous accounts of other ordinary people around the world will inspire all but the most skeptical readers that it is all very doable in view of the author’s “do what you can” caveat.

Throughout the book, the wise-beyond-her-years Perkey delivers engaging, motivational insights that often will stop readers in their tracks with their simple truths. Under the sub-heading “Finding Joy Now,” she writes, “So many of us think that change or happiness or excellence can only be achieved at some future time - when we are smarter, more experienced, have a family, buy a boat...happiness is not five years or a new house away. It is right now. It is how you choose to approach every day.”

“Change The World, Change Your Life” belongs in every home library. For those with children, it should be shared and discussed by the entire family. Service is a lifelong journey and Angela Perkey has gotten off to an auspicious start. I am eager to hear about where the journey takes her next! 

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