"... he's angry. Because he knows that a lot of the crisis in the developing world can be avoided. Staring at people queuing up to die three to a bed, two on top and one underneath, in a hospital just inside of a Lilongwe, Malawi, and knowing this doesn't have to be so is too much for most of us. I am crushed. He is creative..... He can look up from the numbers and see faces through the spreadsheet, families like his own that stick together on treks to the far ends of the world."(Bono's comment about Jeffery Sachs in forward to. "The End Of Poverty)
"Keep safe and don't let the wackadoodles get to you. They got to me and I suspect I will never be the same again." (Friend,AB) "The farsighted tend to get blindsided by the near sighted." Barry Kolb
"When you begin to think outside the box, you often become some other "leaders" lousy follower. That usually costs something" (Andy Rayner)
"Our guardian angels are bored." (Mike Foster)
It's where I feel I'm at these days. “In the second half of life, it is good just to be a part of the general dance. We do not have to stand out, make defining moves, or be better than anyone else on the dance floor. Life is more participatory than assertive, and there is no need for strong or further self-definition” (Falling Upward. Richard Rohr.120).
Friday, August 17, 2012
Angry At Poverty
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