In order for us to grow economically, we have destroyed our planet. We have cut down trees in the name of progress; we have scraped off the surface of our planet to build cities with sky scrappers whose roots burrow deeply into the grounds. We have created land bridges between bodies of water and then constructed motels and hotels and residences knowing eventually that nature would reclaim our accomplishments.
We have polluted the atmosphere with our industrial exhausts believing in our absolute dominion over plants and animals. We have mined the earth of its riches leaving vast holes in the ground that no tourist wants to visit and photograph.
NO, I think not!
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The only way we are going to give thought to those going hungry is to NOT sit down at the table and eat, but to fast and try to ID with those who have nothing. Try it some time. Or if you sit down to eat, only put enough on your plate to sustain your health (while giving thanks for both) and turn down the excess preserving our precious resources for others.
This world of ours will always have the poor and will always have the greedy. If we each put aside the temptation to have more and more and desire to consume more and more, we just might lesson the number of needy and hungry in midst. It just takes a little change in personal attitude rather than pushing the blame on someone else.
I think about it everytime I put food in my mouth )-:
My father worked in the Dept of Agriculture his entire career and was at one time responsible for all the food lunch programs in our schools and then was responsible for selling America's excess food to the rest of the world.
I grew up with parental influence regarding people going hungry throughout the rest of the world and to always be thankful for not just the food but everything that we had here in the US.
Every year my parents would spend both time and money to help the hungry and poor someplace nearby to where we lived. When my Dad retired, he and our Mom worked in soup kitchens.
My parents never forgot the depression era. For some reason that influence had a tremendous impact on my thoughts, feelings, and actions. I have always saved money. I have always been careful not to over eat or to live in any kind of excess way.
I think that we should find a way to take care of our own people first, but I think it is the responsibility of all countries to help those who are without. To me, it is what being human is all about.
Amen, Alex.
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