Stewing on yesterday's NYT article about Happiness
(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/17/opinion/17kristof.html?em), and contemplating Jon Ramer's Compassionate Action Network brings me to a conclusion that we need to strip down to simplicity to strive for equity. People in this world are much happier than we would imagine from the surface level, although what the article fails to recognize is that happiness can easily be denied with inherent inequity that is built into society and culture. We are all capable of compassion to drive equity. Giving is an act of receiving. It is a selfish act, and also a win-win. But how do we leverage compassion in areas of the world that have such deeply embedded cultural inequity? My time abroad in Africa and Central and South America would dictate that apathy surpasses compassion. How do we transform empathy from apathy? Something to chew on for the next few days..
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