Voice in the desert:

Matthew Bozhilov
4 min readAug 14, 2020

IF you want to change the world, change yourself first!

What do you think, do you like the world that you live in? I want to share something with you guys, yesterday something happens in the pet store and start to think in this direction .It was in the morning and I was just about to go to the store. I saw that my pet doesn’t have any food, it’s my girlfriend’s cat actually but I feel like it’s my pet already. We buy food from one of the best vets in town, who gets special delivered from all around Europe like Purina Pro plan, Royal Canin and etc. It’s very important for us to buy him a real food because he is sterilised, but today I decided to buy him food from the pet market that I saw I few days ago. As I mentioned, it was in the morning and usually I take only my phone because I have a digital wallet in it, my Visa and my loyalty cards. Jumping in my summer slippers And just listening to music on the way to the store is kind of my thing. First, I went to the zoo market. Basically, ask the guy if I can pay with debit card because we know in our country this is STILL a normal question. He looks at me kinda strange and said: “Yes“. I look around and ask for 300 grams of one kind of food. Here it is where it comes tricky and I was so disappointed. The answer was and I quote: “You have to buy a bigger amount because there are taxes when you pay on POS terminal”.

Man, this guy just opens his store around our neighborhood an acts like that with his customers…. He actually sends me to some ATM to withdraw money and come back. I don’t say anything, just leave the store and go to Billa and buy what I need and of course some food for my cat.

Looking into myself, let’s start from there!

Letter After I go to the vet to take a bigger amount, I was so frustrated how people act one other. I see protests in my country and basically everywhere in the world asking for justice. This example is just the tip of the iceberg, we want a better world for our children and in the meantime, we don’t let someone pay however he/she likes because of the taxes. These are the little pieces that make the whole picture. If we don’t change ourselves you can never make a difference in the world, no matter how much we are protesting.

P.s I leave a couple of links just in case you need some of the stuff that I use

Food for my cat: Royal Canin, Purina Pro plan

My digital wallet: iCard Visa

OFF TOPIC: Fun fact that the earth spins backwards!!!

Do you know that the earth spins on the opposite side of the clock? The same way we have to start from ourselves into others not the other way around as most people want.

Think outside the box

I want to talk u into this because it is super important to understand how everything works in the universe, so u can be on right track!

Why I give this example earlier because is something so small but in a way is very important and big. U can ask the government your neighbor or whoever to have justice but if you don’t pay your taxes is kind a the thief shouts: Where is the thief?In my country-Bulgaria, people want to be more like our western colleges in the European Union, but in all of the small stores and shops, people want cash only. Why? Some people think paying everything digital is very bad, they control you that way and all other kinds of nonsense. If we check the score most of the fraud in our past and the bad people in the world store they money in cash. For example Pablo Escobar one of the baddest people on the planet in his time store his money in warehouses or bury them in the ground. His money was eaten by rats or something like that. People that are honest and want a better world don’t need to hide anything and they are more than welcome to pay their taxes. I don’t mean to be some supper foolish guy and overpay everything but, u can just give a friend your real opinion or be the man of peace that makes the world a better place. Because if we just go like: “you need to buy more or u can’t pay with debit card because I have to pay taxes’’ we would basically destroy ourselves. Don’t uthink?

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