When the average person thinks about Oklahoma two things usually come to mind: Native Americans and the OU Sooner football team – but there is considerably more to it than that. This medium size state with its uniquely shaped panhandle has been my home for 56 of my 57 years. My family moved here when… [Read more…]
February 19, 2012
HOPE CANNOT BE BOUGHT OR SOLD – YET EVERYONE MUST HAVE IT. Hope is the place where dreams are born, and no place on earth needs hope more than in areas ravaged by extreme poverty. To attempt to live without hope destroys a person physically, mentally and emotionally. It takes a toll so severe that… [Read more…]
January 29, 2012
DOES IT MATTER HOW A CHILD DIES? You are driving alone down a city street. It is a nice day and you are in no particular hurry. You are observing the speed limit of 40 miles per hour and you are paying full attention to your driving. Your cell phone is turned off, and… [Read more…]
January 22, 2012
THE TAPESTRY OF THE HUMAN FAMILY IS MADE UP OF 7 BILLION INDIVIDUAL FACES, EACH ONE EQUAL TO THE OTHERS. Every armed conflict that has ever taken place, every war that has ever been fought and every genocide that has ever broken out has all occurred because of our absolute refusal to accept the fact… [Read more…]
November 5, 2011
OUR LACK OF COMPASSION ALLOWS 10,950,000 HUMAN BEINGS TO DIE EACH YEAR IN EXTREME POVERTY. Compassion is having the ability to understand someone else’s suffering, and having the desire to take action to alleviate that pain. It is the quality that allows you to step outside of yourself and see the true needs of others, including complete strangers… [Read more…]
October 29, 2011
LABELS REINFORCE PRECONCEIVED LIMITATIONS. The human race loves to label itself, particularly those that seem different from us. We often label based on physical appearance. Someone is tall or short, old or young, thin or overweight, pretty or homely and it goes on and on. We also like to label by personality. Someone is happy… [Read more…]
July 9, 2011
THE EASE WITH WHICH WE ACCEPT THE INJUSTICE OF EXTREME POVERTY INCREASES WITH DISTANCE. When we see an accident happen and we think there might be someone hurt we are compelled to see if we can offer assistance. If we are out in public and someone collapses we rush to their side to do what we… [Read more…]
April 30, 2011
PHYSICALLY & INTELLECTUALLY CHALLENGED CHILDREN IN EXTREME POVERTY ARE AMONG THE MOST VULNERABLE HUMAN BEINGS ON EARTH. In the Western world having a baby born with Down syndrome can be a distressing and confusing time in your life. If your baby is born with severe physical challenges it can be frightening and overwhelming. However, even though a… [Read more…]
February 6, 2011
AT ANY MOMENT YOUR LIFE COULD DEPEND ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. *** You are in a serious accident, and your heart has stopped beating. If you do not receive emergency medical care you will die. Only a few moments before you had your entire life ahead of you, but now all your plans and goals… [Read more…]
January 30, 2011
A CYNIC IS A COWARD. Extreme poverty is a complex problem with many factors requiring a variety of approaches. Finding solutions requires money, time and effort. Obviously it is far easier to just throw up your hands and declare that it can’t be done. Usually this dramatic claim is made by someone who has refused… [Read more…]
December 17, 2010
THERE WILL COME A CHRISTMAS DAY WHEN EXTREME POVERTY WILL BE ELIMINATED. That does not mean there won’t be pockets of poverty or that wars and natural disasters won’t produce economic suffering on a short-term basis, but the generational poverty that grips one out of every six persons on earth will no longer exist. We will eventually take… [Read more…]
July 30, 2010
THE WORLD’S RELIGIONS TAKE IN OBSCENE AMOUNTS OF CASH WHILE A BILLION HUMAN BEINGS TRY TO SURVIVE ON ONE DOLLAR A DAY. The subject of religion is fraught with emotion. People become incensed if you do not agree with their way of thinking or if you ridicule their particular beliefs. No one wants to have… [Read more…]
June 30, 2010
WHEN YOU SAVE “ONE LIFE” YOU ARE POTENTIALLY SAVING “MANY LIVES”. Because millions of people die each year from extreme poverty, it seems like an impossible task for one individual to make a meaningful difference…but what if your monthly donation to the relief agency of your choice saved just one life? What would the impact… [Read more…]
March 18, 2010
LOVE IS THE MOST POWERFUL FORCE IN THE WORLD. There are many kinds of love, such as the warm love of friendship, the deep abiding love a parent feels for their child and the profound love shared over a lifetime between two people to the exclusion of all others. But there is another kind of love… [Read more…]
February 4, 2010
EQUALITY FOR EVERYONE IS MORE THAN JUST A DREAM, IT IS AN ACHIEVABLE GOAL. Do we feel equal to some – but superior to others? What do we base our assumptions on? Is there criteria we use to compare ourselves against others? And what makes up that criteria? Is it material wealth, social position,… [Read more…]
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