In the last few weeks, several people have told me "If they only had a million dollars", they would keep a little for themselves and donate the rest. What happens if we never earn a million dollars? Do we sit and wait? Do we become numb to our surround and carry on with life as if nothing happened? Do we close our eyes?
During a speech entitled "Turning Good Intentions into Positive Actions" at the University of California Berkeley, Former President Clinton said the world is more unequal, more unstable and more unsustainable. "We are interdependent on each other ---this is not a philosophy that is left-wing but more embracing ....Divorce is not an option (from the world that is)...What we do affects us and others around us...So do things that increase the positive and decrease the negative forces of interdependence..."(The video is a bit long but well worth it -- listen to it in bits and pieces.)
If we choose, we have the capacity and ability to do all the things, that we think only money can buy. The question is not how much you give, it's that you gave! Give with whatever you have. During the fundraiser "Hope for Haiti", hosted by George Clooney and others, $66 million dollars was raised. The majority of that money was from people texting "HAITI" giving $10 pledges or people going online and giving money. That's the power of our interdependence --- the sum of the whole is more than the sum of one!
The world, including the US, is facing much economic strain -- now more than ever, we have learned how to stretch our pennies. A little does go a long way. So keep your eyes open, see the pain and suffering around you, and let your heart be pushed into action! Start saving those pennies.
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