Images of Ted Kennedy, his family, his legacy, his state of Massachusetts (our home for 13 years) still wash through my brain. During his time in the Senate, he dealt with so many injustices, but there are so many left over for the rest of us to deal with after his passing.
I am reminded of what St. Basil the Great who lived in the 4th century wrote:
is the bread of the hungry.
The garment hanging in your wardrobe
is the garment of one who is naked.
The shoes that you do not wear
are the shoes of one who is barefoot.
The money you keep locked away
is the money of the poor.
The acts of charity you do not perform
are so many injustices you commit.
Small actions do make a difference. When Shannon Daley-Harris and Jeffrey Keenan joined me in writing Our Day to End Poverty, we decided to place a section at the end of each chapter called "Actions Make a Difference"--stories of what various people have done that had wide-ranging implications.
One by one. It's always how things are accomplished. Perhaps even saving the planet!
As one of the four co-founders of the blog-web site Our Luminous Ground Ria Baeck recently suggested I check out the site on eco-tipping points. I did. And you might wish to as well. It's filled with stories about how people--ordinary people like you and me--are making a difference.
"So many injustices"...but the good news is, there are so many of us to attend to them.
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