I remember watching tv when I was small about drought and famine happening in Ethiopia and other African places. I remember feeling like a kid--someone who couldn't do anything.
Now I'm a grown up. And I still feel the same way.
In reading other news this morning, I saw the 1' x 1.5' photo link to a news video. It was tiny and not calling much attention to itself, but I was so horrified by what might be there that I had to close the web page.
It's easier not to know.
Isn't it?
Ignorance is bliss, or something like that?
I get to enjoy my ignorance while others are suffering?
No, Lindsay, this is wrong.
I was able to come back to the video later because I also found a link to Compassion (or there's Samaritan's Purse--or any number of other reputable charities), a way I can at least do something small.
It doesn't help--not me or anyone else--to ignore the suffering of others.
I'm not a helpless kid with an empty piggy-bank watching tv on the other side of the world anymore. And I'm sure not one of the helpless children, malnourished with so little hope for eating today.
Eating.
I was hungry this afternoon because I was lazy. I had no electricity and couldn't use my microwave to warm up one of the many choices of leftovers sitting in my fridge.
Laziness and discomfort are all I suffer from.
Oh selfish, lazy me.
I choose to take the opportunity to be a little less selfish and self-centered today.
If you are reading this on a computer, you are one of the wealthy. You can do something.
Disturbing but something we need to be aware of so we can do something. Even if it is to bring awareness. We cannot & should not ignore. If we tell others about it, even if we ourselves cannot be there to help/support/give, maybe somebody we connect with, can.
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