tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post2406982046955349898..comments2023-04-12T14:55:19.021+03:00Comments on Nad-ned Nad-ned: Culture ShockA Living Nadneydahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14365370597831368062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-56037350735583307612008-08-02T01:07:00.000+03:002008-08-02T01:07:00.000+03:00ProfK,Don't worry - I know you're not making light...ProfK,<BR/><BR/>Don't worry - I know you're not making light of the situation. Now that the Western World has absolutely no excuses, we see the images and hear the stories all the time, and with them comes a feeling of obligation to help improve the situation.<BR/><BR/>Meanwhile we still have our own lives to deal with. The collective impact can be overwhelming, especially, I would thing, for us women, because we constantly feel obligated to take on new responsibilities and to help others.<BR/><BR/>I completely agree with your note about skills... I think one of the greatest things about the U.S., in terms of human resources, is the high value placed on innovation and development (Israel too, in some circles), if we were to concentrate these resources we could help the rest of the world in really significant ways. Bill Gates is one atypical example (atypical in terms of wealth and resources), but I think he's set a good example in this. <BR/><BR/>At the same time, it's really important to know what we can do realistically, and what our limitations are, and to feel good about what we can do I think this is what <A HREF="http://www.stephencovey.com/blog" REL="nofollow">Stephen Covey</A> means when he refers to circles of influence.<BR/><BR/>Shabbat shalom,<BR/><BR/>ALNA Living Nadneydahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14365370597831368062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8483254761600926617.post-30897865462291061302008-08-01T15:08:00.000+03:002008-08-01T15:08:00.000+03:00ALN,I am not making light of the fact that childre...ALN,<BR/>I am not making light of the fact that children are starving in Africa, and everywhere else around the globe. But the correlation between huge supermarkets with multiple products available such as the one you visited in California and that starvation world wide is not there. We could cut down on our consumption to subsistence level and send all our extra products to those who are starving and we still would not have solved the problem of starvation.<BR/><BR/>The question to ask is what do the countries where the citizens are starving need to do so that they can feed their citizens? What education are they missing? What skills and attitudes are missing?<BR/><BR/>It's that old saying that applies: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day; teach him how to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.com