On every street in America there are people going somewhere walking, driving, bicycling and pushing strollers. No matter what they are doing, each of them has an idea what they might do if they had a say about how to fix this economy, how to end the wars abroad, or to improve the educational system. I have been hearing all this talk about how we should get involved, how we need to work tirelessly so that we can put the right person in the Oval Office who will work tirelessly for the people of this great country. This is as it should be, but at the same time, there are some of those people who don’t have the funds to do their part. There are some of those people who would like to help in whatever way they could, but just don’t have the resources for whatever reason. It is a fact of life. No matter what the reason, ALL of those people would like to know that what they have to say, what they think about this issue or that can help in some way. That somewhere, somehow, their ideas might help to turn this country onto the road toward progress and help everyone realize a sense of achievement, a sense of dignity they deserve so very much.
“Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man [woman] whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him [her]. Will he [she] gain anything by it? Will it restore him [her] to a control over his [her] own life and destiny?” ---Mahatma Gandhi 1948
I would like to propose an idea for change that would directly respond to these last social thoughts of a man who worked tirelessly to help all of us.
Generally speaking, as a society, here in the USA anyway, we have a tendency to lean on the government. When we are down and out or when we need to make ends meet and our resources seem to have gone south for the winter, most of us just get up and beat a path straight to the unemployment line or the Social Security office; these perpetual monetary spigots attached to the backside of our government. I should also add, in this day in age, we can do this online and skip the lines at the door.
What if, we made a detour FIRST. What if, in order to tap into this seeming endless supply of wealth, we had to do a little something for someone else. What if, each of us was to use our innate qualities in order to fulfill the needs of another. It wouldn’t have to be anything extravagant taking up an enormous amount of time or resources. Just something that we can do that would benefit someone else. Everyone in this world has a unique talent, something they like to do that actually defines the person, that can make that person an intricate part of the whole.
Optimally, it may be necessary to create self-sustaining communities with enough diversity to meet the needs of each member of that community. As a community, they organize a community action team, which represents the basic needs of the community. Initially, there would have to be a definitive focus for the community in order to draw the necessary talents from a national registry. Let’s just say it was a community of artists. Everyone who is a member of this artist community would have an artistic talent to some degree. Essentially, this would be the keystone of the community’s self-sustaining economy. Given the prolific nature of the internet, a community of artists can provide a sustainable flow of product and/or services to the world.
Through a national/global registry, the innate abilities of every individual on this planet (almost 7billion) can be extrapolated. In most cases, people have more than one ability to share with their community. This will create an enormous pool qualified applicants from which to choose.
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