Well, is there?
I'm giving more money to charities, which is not enough.
Campaigning? I don't believe it's right to tell other people what they should think or feel. I don't value gimmicky stunts. I'm not prepared to tin-rattle at other people when I can directly give more myself. (This train of thought always ends in donation.)
Educating: yes. I believe in education. But I'm ignorant in the face of the deep-rooted and tangled, eternally complex social and political circumstances behind the news stories. And you can't educate from a position of ignorance.
Well, I suppose the response is there, isn't it? I need to know more about some really important things, I need to get more clued-up about the work that different charities do, and what's actually going on under my nose. It's been a long time since I did any actual, practical volunteer work.
Not enough time in the day or hours in the week. But getting the priorities straight: life's too short NOT to try and make a change, I suppose.
I wonder how long this resolution will last? How do I make it more realistic? Might have to be small scale. OK. The commitment is: pay more attention to the way that I translate my beliefs and ideology into the habits of my daily life.
Worth a try.
I'm giving more money to charities, which is not enough.
Campaigning? I don't believe it's right to tell other people what they should think or feel. I don't value gimmicky stunts. I'm not prepared to tin-rattle at other people when I can directly give more myself. (This train of thought always ends in donation.)
Educating: yes. I believe in education. But I'm ignorant in the face of the deep-rooted and tangled, eternally complex social and political circumstances behind the news stories. And you can't educate from a position of ignorance.
Well, I suppose the response is there, isn't it? I need to know more about some really important things, I need to get more clued-up about the work that different charities do, and what's actually going on under my nose. It's been a long time since I did any actual, practical volunteer work.
Not enough time in the day or hours in the week. But getting the priorities straight: life's too short NOT to try and make a change, I suppose.
I wonder how long this resolution will last? How do I make it more realistic? Might have to be small scale. OK. The commitment is: pay more attention to the way that I translate my beliefs and ideology into the habits of my daily life.
Worth a try.
No comments:
Post a Comment