Take a quick glance around the CNN.com homepage and you will find an incredible amount of world issues. There is much turmoil and suffering in the world today. We are often quick to judge America for all of its problems and to complain about every decision that the politicians have made. However, if we are honest, we have a very high standard of living in America compared to many other places in this world. We, as a country, have been blessed, among other things, with food and plenty of space in which to live. Now, I'm not trying to sugar-coat life or simply ignore the issues in America. There are problems that should be addressed. However, we are often quick to complain about these issues and attack with negativity. Complaining just for the sake of complaining rarely succeeds in making changes. What if we chose to focus more on the ways that we have been blessed in America and then attack the problems with an attitude of service? What if we focused less on OUR problems and stopped for a moment to see the problems of others and then how we might assist them? How would this affect the overall attitude in America and how would it affect the efficiency of problem solving in America?
Give it some thought....and let me know what you think...
Aubrey, I agree that we should complain less and look at what we have more. I recently read that there are 8 million people that do not have access to drinking water. 8 million! I can turn on my faucet anytime and drink delicious Memphis water. Are we so self absorbed as Americans that we do not care what is happening in the rest of the world? We have been born into a country with plenty of food and water and we could just as easily been born into a third world country. We as Americans should start thinking and acting more globally and share the world.
ReplyDeleteYou are very much correct there are alot of times when we forget how good we have it here in America...
ReplyDeleteIndeed. America had it easy in comparison to 99.9 percent of the globe!
ReplyDeleteThis is true. America seems to be oblivious to issues that effect actual lives. And we focus on issues that pertain to convenience and "Easyness"
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