make a difference

Lots of people list being an example to others as part of how they want to make a difference, but I am getting more and more convinced that this is wrong. Nobody is ALL GOOD, so nobody really makes an excellent example for others. Instead we are all part good and part bad. If someone tried to be an example to me in how to be good, I think I would almost certaily find it off-putting. On the other hand, if someone could see the ways in which I was good myself, then that would almost certainly encourage me. Too often, people only see the bad in others.

I want to end my life having done something to make life better for other people, but though I know that I do do this occasionally, what I do always seems pretty limited. So how do I ‘do enough’ to make myself feel that I really HAVE made a difference. How much difference does there have to be?