They say, “If it’s not broken, don’t fix it.”
Nonsense.
Can you imagine Steve Jobs saying that–ever?
1. Whether it’s broken or not, if it can be improved, do something about it.
2. Plus, perspective matters. A lot of Americans thought things “weren’t broken” before the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. and many others thought otherwise.
3. Sometimes things are so deeply broken and we’re so enmeshed in the system, we aren’t even aware of the brokenness. That is, until someone wakes up and sees it and then wakes the rest of us up. Think Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation.
Fix it anyway.
Change it.
Improve it.
Don’t stop.
Be ornery.
Shake things up.
Ruffle some feathers.
Pray boldly.
Risk failure.
Break something. (Then you’ll have to fix it.)