Lynda,
I see changes all over the place, just not in lots of protest groups. Our food stores are carrying a lot more organic and wheat free products. Someone is buying them! All those packaged goods are always on sale now, with deep discounts, coupons etc. Yahoo and other internet sites have constant articles about wheat free, sugar free, gluten free and so forth. Not all of these are correct, but at least there is an increase in awareness that there really is something amiss with our food supply. We walk with our pocketbooks. They are getting the message!
Lots of lectures, books and blog sites accessible too. Even my local political scene is fraught with new ideas and change. The status quo is just flailing, bullying or just entrenching more and they are not dealing intelligently with the issues. Rather, they stick to their old ways to keep their power and clout. Our state and federal governments are all on the verge of insolvency and they can't continue to play games with the way tax dollars are spent. Any issue that surfaces is vehemently criticized by the opposing party, leaving both with little credibility. Resorting to power plays like the traffic jam at the GW Bridge is just one of endless abuses of power instead of running the state or country in a professional, civic spirited manner. We induce change by being responsible citizens and voting the bullies out of office. Slow, but effective. We have to take the time to write, call or whatever to encourage an enlightened change.
As we demand it, our medical community will change. When we say "no" to the recommendations designed to keep us medicated, tested and constantly participating "in the system" with no change in our health condition, eventually they will start to help us heal. Being a "billable hour" is not acceptable to me and I walk out if I am kept waiting after a half hour. Doctors, dentists and all the other medical people and suppliers need to embrace this change to survive. I must take responsibility for my health and make decisions. I must demand that they become healers again.
So Lynda, each and every decision you make will support change or the status quo. Nice to have that "power" isn't it?