Immediate Community ~
As an American citizen, I’m constantly checking in with my country’s current “state” of events. Not so much what transpires on the nightly news, but more what is happening around me – the tangible events occurring in my community, and in the communities of my friends and family scattered throughout the country. As the powerhouse nation at the top of the hill, America’s responsibility to the rest of the world is off the chart. And what, or who, is it that holds this responsibility? Do we simply look to our “leaders” in government? Or do we each take a stake in the enormous task at hand of bettering the place we live? Is voting and electing the proper officials enough?
What happens in my immediate community is what is on my mind right now. My neighborhood, the building I live in, the people who I see every day and share my life with. This is the verifiable truth of who I am as a person. How I relate to my community measures who I am and what my experiences are.
What would happen if the American people paid less attention to the “news”, and instead focused more on learning about and improving their immediate communities? And what constitutes our immediate sphere? We do – each of us as individuals. So perhaps the most vital question is – what can each of us do to better ourselves?
Nicholas Pallos
I concur.
When we focus on Big Daddy, or pour all of our energies into resistance or trying to change larger corporate entities, it makes me think why so many of us try to pinpoint the cause of our unhappiness or lack of control on a far and distant enemy.