Zealot

I woke up feeling like one this morning.

Only more in the contemporary sense of the word, and on the socialist end of the spectrum.

Charlie Sheen pisses me off.

How dare he ask for a million dollar raise from a $2 million dollar PER EPISODE paycheck, and how DARE we encourage his behavior and give in to him!

What about the people suffering in Japan?
In Honduras, Haiti, New Orleans, all around the world??

How dare we waste our resources in the name of capital gain--in the name of entertainment for money's sake.

I want to feel like I'm a part of some grand, glorious adventure that makes a difference in the world.

Oh, wait.

I have a degree in education and a teaching certificate.

D'oh! [face-palm]

Must channel activist energy into teaching.


But there are people who can't even procure a decent meal, let alone try to gain an education...

Shouldn't I be trying to meet those needs first?

What's the serenity prayer?

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference. 

Living one day at a time;
Enjoying one moment at a time;
Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;
Taking, as He did, this sinful world
as it is, not as I would have it;
Trusting that He will make all things right
if I surrender to His Will;
That I may be reasonably happy in this life
and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.
Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

"Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it..."

Ouch. [face-palm again]

I cannot save and feed the world.

But He can.

Please, Magnificent God, do.

And just because most of the people I see day to day don't appear to be hungry, it doesn't mean that they're not.

Man does not live by bread alone, Kate.  There are indeed people within your current sphere of influence who are hungry.

Feed them.