The need to change

The need to move from selfish wants to shared needs is paramount if we are to see any kind of  positive change. If we are to see less of a separation of the haves and have-nots, we need to begin thinking in terms of how our decisions effect not just us, but all of us, going to a "we" mode of thinking. Our current way of thinking, acting and doing business is only impoverishing more people each year, further dividing us as a nation. During President Bush's years in office we saw about 1.3 million people fall into poverty each year. That is an increase of almost half of one percent each year. There are over 35 million currently living in poverty in the U.S. And, as more people become impoverished we will only see more desperate acts of survival: purse snatching, identity theft, break-ins, car jacking, among other forms of theft. People need to wake up and realise that their selfish acts effect a whole lot more people that previously thought. Selfish acts spread throughout society like a disease effecting an entire populace.

Please, if you want to see real change, begin to think not of yourself, but rather of others. Only by giving can you receive back more than you give.