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With all that goes on in our daily
lives, we may believe we don't have
time to get involved with other
people and their issues, wet we must
Perhaps we think if we do not see or
hear about the problems, they will
go away, but they will not.
Many groups of people from around
the world are communal people:
African, Latin, Native American and
Asian cultures, for example,
have traditionally been cultures of
"we" not "I". The
thinking being that as long as
someone in the community is
suffering others could not consider
themselves to be free, prosperous,
successful or at peace. You
cannot help everybody, but you can
help somebody. You cannot do
everything, but you can do
something. If we each
participate in a cause, if we each
battle an ill, if we each
contribute time or money to someone
or something, a great deal could be
done. If we each shoulder a
bit of the responsibilities for us,
we can progress faster.
--
Iyanla Vanzant
(paraphrased)
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