You're right, Tim. There are things we can do if we have the necessary time and money. But most of those things are right in our own neighborhoods. Ninety percent of the headlines we read in newspapers have to do with things we can't even hope to do anything about. There's no sense in even reading the articles. Reading a cookbook is more relevant to our lives than the world news. Yes, they're having a famine in Somalia. Well, I don't even have ten dollars to send to whoever is trying to get them food. Or the Libyan revolution. Or coalminers in China. You know. In a sense it's entertainment, but it's not entertaining, it just injects some more cortisol into our veins, which no one needs at all. Take care!
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Originally Posted by Timgt5
I believe it was Ghandi who once said we must be the change we want to see in the world.
Each of us can choose to make our lives and our communities better places to live. There are many ways to this of course. Through charitable labor and giving as mentioned above. The act of starting a business and hiring folks is another. Teaching entrepreneurial skills to the disadvantaged yet one more. The company I work sets aside one day for employees can take off to volunteer to help out the community by being involved with projects like food banks, charity auctions etc... I think personally this is a good thing.
There are always things we cannot control around us and all we can do is adapt to changing circumstances the best we can. In the end we only control our perceptions and conclusions.
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