Redefining is not dangerous

Imagine how absurd the following picture is: a family finishes dinner, and they have food left over on their plates. That food, several servings, let’s say just one, total balanced serving of food, would feel the child that dies in some other part of the world, as they finish the dinner. Take that in and let it soak in- it’s real and it’s happening all over the world, right now.

Redefining is not dangerous it is absolutely essential – we’re looking at a redefinition of use, transport and storage. Are you seriously going to suggest to me that given the resources of billions and dollars at their disposal someone couldn’t come up with a way to accomplish getting what is leftover to those who need it?

But if your imagination steps off the bus of fear of want when you try to consider that pain now, then don’t miss this chance, imagine how absurd it is that at 4 A.M. in the morning on a plot of land where there is nothing but dirt, because it hasn’t been used for five years to grow anything, water sprinklers will pop up and water the dirt with enough water to easily prevent the child which will die, times one hundred or more, for lack of water, while it finishes it’s useless automated task. The sprinkler system and clock timer feel absolutely nothing about those deaths, and, judging by the way our billions are being put to work to change the picture, will history say, we were any different than an automated watering system?

So redefining how we store, transport and use systems which were previously automated but no longer are needed would make sense in that instance, wouldn’t you, right now, agree it would be wrong to ignore that fact? Redefining isn’t dangerous it is absolutely essential.

We can almost get our minds around that, and then they snap back as the influence of short sightedness and the thing that Dicken’s defined as “the children of all who walk the earth unseen. Their names are ignorance; and want, be aware of them; for upon their brow is written the word doom. They spell the downfall of you and all who deny their existence.” Clearly Dicken’s felt that we needed to redefine some things? According to many sources, however, Dicken’s put together his story with the idea of his past and the present in mind – but just as clearly, Dicken’s knew intrinsically that life and kindness have to be tied together to something involving resources or they will die, and that is what we are witnessing today- maybe. There is, however, hope, and that we can get our minds around, so consider this next paragraph please, as ending this on a hopeful note.

We recently witnessed an enormous earthquake hitting a country which already was far below the standard of living enjoyed by most of the world. Yet in the midst of this on television we see the Red Cross, an organization which is known for the incredible humanitarian efforts it supports, using television to ask for donations for ten dollars or more to Haiti to assist with the situation. This is an incredible use of the visual media, it is a chance for people to take part in a world changing effort and it doesn’t involve breaking the bank. That link is in this piece, with a prayer that hopefully you will use it. Red Cross

May God bless your efforts to follow His will:

Dana