Help (Jan. 15)

There are moments that happen in the world when the world just seems to break. There are moments when you just stop and think the world is changing right now and how I respond in this moment may make a difference. The question is why do many wait for these moments? Why is the world a place where we wait for something to break and then throw a bandaid on it? The funnier thing is that we often look at particular causes in the world and the people pushing for change and think that they are crazy for wanting to do something good now. I think the reality is that in general people do not know the best way to help. We attempt to do things that we think are good an in the long run these actions end up hurting. Maybe we should first take the time to understand what helping really is.