We are always in the act of renewal. Just getting out of bed in the morning says you are willing to renew your efforts to have a successful day. Renewal. Getting in the car (or on the computer) to go to work is a renewal of your commitment to your employment. Stepping on the scale, taking that morning walk, putting down the bag of chips— all signs of a renewed willingness to put or to keep your health in check. We make meaningful statements with our actions, but we are doing nothing new. If we possess any amount of self-regard or personal self-worth, we are continuing on a usual and healthy path.
But other actions are revolutionary. The act of going out of your way to comfort another human being, to build them up, to turn away from your own needs for the sake of someone else’s. Revolution. It’s a “turning around” of something from the way it was to a “new normal.” Humans, as a rule, tend to their own needs (to say it another way, they are selfish) so when they forsake that norm, it is remarkable, revolutionary, and should not go unnoticed.