Thank you everyone for the replies.
One of the things that really jumps out at me is how diverse the definition of the problem can be.
Some points:
Something I think is very important to remember when you are trying to understand why something happens is that there are so many contributing factors. And for every one you can think of, there are even more that you would never consider.
When we talked about hurdles this concept was brought up, with many feeling like they didn’t know where to start or what was the most effect way to combat something.
Hopefully you can see from all the variations we got in just defining and unedifying the problem that there probably isn’t a do this to solve the problem. There are many facets and many different ways to approach the problem of hunger, engage with it and help be a part of the solution.
As we go forward, I hope everyone will keep that in mind. One of the goals of this approach to the engaged center is to get everyone to think about how they can help. That doesn’t mean we are going to say go give food or give money or do X. Nope instead we will continue to explore the topic and look at all the ways we can help. And then I hope each person will make a commitment to do something (that works for them).
Thank you again for everyone’s reply.
Gassho,
Shoka
Sattoday
One of the things that really jumps out at me is how diverse the definition of the problem can be.
Some points:
- Benefits taking too long, so people are suffering while they wait
- How hard it can be to get help if you “normalize your appearance”
- Since we have enough food, why can’t it be distributed to everyone?
- Making people nicer so they will help (wait I have seen that movie… Serenity. It didn’t turn out so good).
- Teaching the children of affluent families about these topics, so they will make a change in the future.
- The perils of population growth
- Teaching people to help themselves with cooking lessons.
Something I think is very important to remember when you are trying to understand why something happens is that there are so many contributing factors. And for every one you can think of, there are even more that you would never consider.
When we talked about hurdles this concept was brought up, with many feeling like they didn’t know where to start or what was the most effect way to combat something.
Hopefully you can see from all the variations we got in just defining and unedifying the problem that there probably isn’t a do this to solve the problem. There are many facets and many different ways to approach the problem of hunger, engage with it and help be a part of the solution.
As we go forward, I hope everyone will keep that in mind. One of the goals of this approach to the engaged center is to get everyone to think about how they can help. That doesn’t mean we are going to say go give food or give money or do X. Nope instead we will continue to explore the topic and look at all the ways we can help. And then I hope each person will make a commitment to do something (that works for them).
Thank you again for everyone’s reply.
Gassho,
Shoka
Sattoday
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