We are not all the same

This was forwarded to me from my friend Deron Triff at Changents, and sets a challenge in a very conscious way.

It seems that the world in general, and the US specifically are out of balance; that powerful interests are gobbling up a wildly disproportionate share of the Earth’s resources without regard to the immediate and long‐term environmental impact of their actions, that the middle class is evaporating and more people are slipping into poverty while a very few grow hideously rich, that we are growing more sedentary, obese and unhealthy as a nation, that we are becoming less creative just when creativity is becoming a real competitive advantage globally, and that in seeking someone to blame for our declining fortunes we have become less tolerant of immigrants, minorities, gays and lesbians. Not exactly the “American Way” I grew up believing in, but what can be done? We can quietly accept this reality, we can attempt to flee it, or we can ALTER IT. I choose the latter.


As I leave soon to go and check out life and the water crisis in Haiti, I am glad that I have chosen a path that allows me to work in a way that expands my humanity and meaning of life. It's weird though, did I choose it, or did it choose me?