Have you ever hear any of Martin Luther Kings speeches?
The last few weeks I have been listening to some of his well known speeches. The "I have a dream" or "I've been to the mountain top" speech. This man had a passion! It's like nothing could stop him and even when the bullet did, his passion still goes on - amazing!

Listening to him you can hear what motivated him was the injustice he could see and experience.
But what seem to drive him was his relationship to God and his understanding of how God desired this world to be. It is up to us to see it happen. We have to be willing to do it - to live the way God desires - in loving relationships, with all people! And when that is not happening, then we need to stand up and say something. If everybody did that - wow!
Maybe I should get started...

I've discovered that I only think very short sighted, you know only think about what is happening right now or tomorrow. I never really think about the future 5, 10, 20 years from now. I guess it is because I always hear the future is today or we are to live life to the fullest or something like that. It's all about right now, enjoying life now and not thinking if there might be any consequences to what we do now. So I've decided I need to think more about the consequences. Things like what car do I drive? Is it polluting too much? Can I get a car that does not pollute so much? am I willing to offer what it cost to get a car that does not pollute so much? If not why not? This is just one area, there are many things I do that has long lasting consequences to my family, society, country and world!

But the problem I have found is, I'm not the only one that is very short sighted. The decision makers, politicians and corporate leaders. They all seem to make decision that are base on short term benefits.
How do we change the way we see things?
How do we change our focus from our self and what I can get from it now, to what is best for others, in the broadest sense of the word.

I'm a want-to-be activist. I see problems all around and want to do something about it, but I think "wouldn't someone else do something about it?".
Not that long ago I talk with someone at work about global warming and we could very quickly agree that something should be done, change some laws and make people more aware of the problem and what they should do. But then it was like we felt we could do nothing. We're just two normal guys that have a house, family and a job with no influence. We couldn't do anything about it!

What about all the other big problems in the world? Wouldn't someone do something about them?

Well, I maybe a nobody, but I'm going to try to do something, right where I am. Will you?