[Uplift]

This is how Tony Robbins changed his life, in his own words.

'ROBBINS: I had one friend that came to see me I had not seen in years. I saw -- I didn't want to answer the door. I had bill collectors, you know, my phone was being shut off. That's why he came. And you know, I opened the door with a chain, he saw me, and I looked horrible. I didn't want to open the door. That was humiliating.

And I went for a run on the beach. I had not run in golly knows when. I was 38 pounds heavier than I am now, you know. And I put some music on, and I went on that beach and I ran as hard as I could until I thought I was going to spit blood. And then I sat down on the beach, and I wrote in this journal, and I wrote everything on one side of the page that I would no longer stand for in my life and I was dirt honest with myself.

Instead of saying, I'm a bit overweight -- I'm friggin' fat, you know, my butt is bigger than Chicago. This is -- I'm not going to put up with this one more minute, you know. And I looked at my relationships that were not happy. I looked at everything. And then I wrote everything I was committed to.

So now the standard was set and I had to figure out how to do it, and then I started looking for tools.'

We obviously have problems with our western styles of government. Whether anarchy is the answer or not, who knows. If the techniques offered by Robbins, his predessors, and a myriad of other successful transformation teachers work so well for the individual, why don't we just be bluntly honest about the true state, the outcomes of our countries and overall cultural lifestyles, the systems of government, and apply the same techniques. Why put up with growing corruption, crime, violence, homelessness, child abuse, depression, drugs and alchohol abuse, poverty, class, racism, WAR, etc? We are running out of bandaids. You can spray over rust, but if you don't cut it out, it just festers beneath the surface, until it bubbles out, worse than ever. Our countries could truly change, just like Robbin's and a myriad of others, and be a true, real inspiration and light to the world. We wouldn't have to resort to force to get others to listen. But first it takes the choice, truthfull choice, and truthfull, 'dirt honest' examination, and then the will and courage to follow through and accept and want change. All virtues. We all vote, we all have voices. I guess you could call it Utopia. Whether your slant on that is positive or negative is individual choice. But we are all in this world together. According to all the seminars and teachings, anything is possible. 'Utopia is possible'. Or do we really speak with forked tongues?