Why do you wait for others to begin the work of improving the world?

"We hear people everywhere complain that the world is no better than it ever has been, that conditions do not improve, and so on. But why do they wait for others to begin the work of improving the world? Why do they not begin it themselves? They expect others to make this effort; but others do just what they do: they wait for others to begin the work...and this can go on forever. You will say that faced with the immensity of the tasks to be done, you feel discouraged. Well, on the contrary, you must remain courageous, because it is in doing so that you show yourself to be praiseworthy. In pleasant circumstances it is too easy to believe in good and to realise it: everything is simple and agreeable. It is in difficult times that it is important to commit oneself and to persevere, without allowing oneself to be influenced by the conditions. You must learn to count on the powers of the spirit: this is the sign of the true spiritualist. Despite bad conditions, despite the storms, spiritualists always try to awaken the powers of the will, of good, and of light."