Searching for ways to progress in life without adversely affecting anyone or anything else. Progress at the expense of the innocent is not progress at all, in my opinion.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
Dismantle every nuclear bomb. Make sure nobody goes hungry. Force all industry to operate green, no matter what the expense: profits mean little to a dead society, after all.
What/who changed my life and why
Being true to myself by admitting that I was a channeler changed my life because the suppression of the truth was literally killing me.