Improvement can happen serendipitously, but more often it requires a conscious choice because consistent, meaningful improvement requires consistent, meaningful effort. It rarely just happens. Entropy just happens. Things go bad, get worse, fall apart, deteriorate pretty well on their own, through abuse, abandonment of stewardship, neglect, or inattention of some kind.
The opposite of abuse and neglect is leadership, initiative to improve things. Desire or mental inclination is necessary, but just a start. It must be followed by words and deeds, communication and action to marshal whatever resources are needed to bring about the fulfillment of desire. Goals are all about improvement, making things better, but remember the Chinese proverb:
GO to the people
LIVE among the people
LEARN from them
LOVE them.
START with what they know,
BUILD on what they have.
But of the BEST leaders,
When their TASK is accomplished,
Their WORK is done,
The PEOPLE will remark,
"We have done it ourselves."
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