If you could change one thing about the world, What would it be?

Would you cure cancer? End poverty? Heal the environment? Eliminate racism, division, or war?

All of those are good, noble dreams. But the longer I’ve thought about it—and maybe you’ve come to the same conclusion—I’ve realized that behind nearly every one of those problems is something deeper.

What the world lacks most is love.

If people truly loved—sacrificially, wisely, unconditionally—everything would change.

Poverty would be alleviated because we’d share more.

Racism would crumble because we’d see each other as brothers and sisters.

War would be less likely because empathy would rise before hatred takes hold.

Marriages would thrive, families would heal, churches would shine, and politics might even regain a sense of civility.

It’s easy to shrug and say, “What the world needs now is love, sweet love.” But the truth behind that line is profound.

The greatest crisis in the world today is not economic, political, or technological.

It is relational. It is spiritual. It is the absence of love.

And that brings us to a much more personal question.

What if you could change just one thing about yourself?

Forget world problems for a moment. Let’s go inward.

If you could change one thing about you, what would it be?

Would you choose more patience? More confidence? Less anxiety? A stronger prayer life? A gentler tongue? A purer heart?

If I’m honest, here’s my answer: I would become more loving.

I would be more patient with my family.

More gracious with people who frustrate me.

More generous with my time and money.

More willing to forgive.

More present.

More Christlike.

And if I became more loving, it would transform everything else.

Because love, rightly understood, is the engine of spiritual maturity.