How Can I Serve?

"We are at a crossroads.  We can continue on the path we have been on

in this nation that privileges profit over people and land; or we can unite

as citizens with a common cause ... the health and wealth of the Earth 

that sustains us."

Terry Tempest Williams

The voice is calling to all of us, and it is discouraging that many who hear really aren't listening or do not care enough to follow through.  My career focused on seeing, accepting, and assisting those who were falling on challenging times or completely broken.  Colleagues banned together to not only help professionally, but to personally give extra time, food, and clothing.

There are those who scorn on this population I served stating they could get jobs and better themselves.  I believe this comment is made so the individual can excuse his or her self from reaching out to help.  When those who feel they are 'better than'  sit down and truly listen to just one family social history, understanding dawns and one cannot help but ask, "How can I serve?"

My concern is not only with those who are suffering, but for those who are randomly raping Mother Earth.  We are stripping her of natural habitats and creating filth in our God given waters.  We are contaminating food supplies with chemicals and polluting the very air we breathe.  We are breeding violence and hatred ...   Let us hear the voice that calls us to corrective action and restore the sacredness of life to all peoples.