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We live in a world of paradoxes. A world where the beauty of a sunset over the Pacific Ocean exists alongside news reports of wars. Where human genius can alter the genome of cells, yet remains powerless against the simplest vices of greed and fear. We launch space probes into interstellar space, while right beside us, on our own square meter of earth, we sometimes lack the strength to carry trash to a bin or to say “sorry.”

And it is in this very contradiction that the main challenge lies. Our world is not a finished given that can simply be accepted. It exists on the edge of fragile balance, which we either sustain—or destroy—with every step we take. This balance is formed from countless choices, made by each of us every second. The world does not simply “exist.” It is constantly “becoming.” And the main question each of us must ask is: “becoming what?”

All the tragedy and greatness of human existence lie in a simple truth: we do not choose our starting conditions, but it is we who give them meaning. We are not merely inhabitants of this world – we are its co-authors. With every action or inaction, we create reality – not only our own, but a shared one.

Our personal territory is not only the square meters of our home or the borders of a state. It is, above all, the space of our relationships, our values, our daily choice between indifference and involvement. We build our inner world, and from this building material emerges the architecture of our common home. It is impossible to create comfort in one’s own room if a fire is raging behind the wall, and one cannot save the world while ignoring the disorder within one’s own soul.

The fragility of world order lies not in its imperfection, but in our mutual responsibility. The world does not become better or worse on its own. It becomes what we make of it every day – through dialogue instead of conflict, through understanding instead of prejudice, through compassion instead of cruelty.

"Make the World Better. Start with Yourself" is about how to walk your unique path while remembering that all our trails intersect in one shared space called humanity. It is about the truth that our personal well-being is measured not by the height of the fence we build, but by the strength of the bridges we create to others.

We are not pawns in someone else’s game. We are the kings of our own universe, building the present for our descendants. Our legacy lies not in what we consumed, but in what we created. Not in what we took from the world, but in what we gave to it.

And this legacy does not begin with grand projects, but with quiet, daily actions: being honest where one could lie, helping where one could walk past, preserving where one could destroy.

We do not choose where to be born. But we do choose how to live. And in that choice lies our freedom and our destiny.