If they made me crawl
Would you love me then
If I was small
Would it be okay
Well I can see
The need in everyone
A change of season
- Matthew Good Band, Change of Season
It seems to me that the world is not doing so well. And that, frankly, makes me a little sad. I have decided, I must do something, but what… and how?
What if I sat here and spouted off all the reasons you should do something or that I should. Hundreds of thousands dead in the Sudan. People starving. Africa and aids. Abductions and abuse in Canada. Gangs. Child Soldiers. And often people do that. They tell you, but enivitably, I/you are just numb, for the most part. For me, it’s because it would hurt too much to feel it.
We (Leah and I) are sponsoring a child in Rwanda. We got the package yesterday with the young boys picture. I can’t recall his name now, I’ll get it when I get home later. And it’s exciting. I hope this helps him, his family and community. At CFHI, you get to pick the child and I picked him because he likes language. Maybe he will be a great poet. It is exciting, but it’s also just $35/month. That’s not an ad. That’s just $35 off my Visa and how do I connect with that? To CFHI, he’s a number. How sad. But, he is a person and hopefully it will help. Is this how I help?
Last week, I joined Amnesty. I told you that already. Do I start writing letters to MPs? Kings? Presidents?
I have no interest in guilt. I think it’s a pathetic appeal. Though some might say, people should feel guilty and maybe they should, but in the end, it doesn’t change people–usually. Guilt puts people in the closet.
How do you change a heart? Poetry? A story? A revolution? Yesterday this was posted on MG’s site:
“…if this was another decade, there would be riots in the streets. I guess our rebellious youth are waiting for the revolution to be streamed on YouTube first.â€
Update: Do you have an Ipod? Do you like Poetry? Want to combine them? MP3 Poems!