One of the biggest misconceptions that I have made in regards to Process and Honoring Life is that I have to choose: I either work towards the implementation of global-solutions that ensure Life in Equality, or I work towards helping the people that I can for-sure help/physically be with, such as volunteering at homeless shelters/food pantries/tutoring/big brother programs/reading to the blind/etc.
I made this connection because I didn't want to take responsibility for myself in becoming the up-most effective/efficient/productive with my time spent here. I wanted to hold onto justifications for not doing both, the most prevalent being if I volunteer myself to helping people in my community, that will be less time that I can spend on the internet promoting global-solutions -- change that will last. I never wanted to get to the bottom of why I decided this, why I didn't make the connection that this world is desperate for people to do both, to help locally and globally, because if I did that will disrupt the real reason why I don't do both: because I am LAZY. I wanted to be able to validate snapshot decisions I made in my mind, such as I am too tired/someone else will do this/I don't feel like it, through not bringing this point to the surface.
We are all given the same 24 hours each and every day to make our move. There is no longer the excuse that I do not have time to do both, as it has always, always, always been that I do have the time (24 hours each day). How I [ab]use my time is the problem. People in my community, my world, our world, need help right now, and if I say I stand for Life, no longer can I turn a blind eye on the people that I can help in my immediate-reality, while also doing my part in the promotion of Life in Equality via the appropriate democratic needs for the people that I can't see in my immediate-life.
I will be walking through the Self-Forgiveness and Self-Corrections necessary next post.
Thanks.
