i’ve been planning to do this for ages..i just kept putting it off for another day..but lately i’ve felt so infuriated and depressed at the world’s injustices i knew i had to do something, however small. and ok, it isn’t gonna magically eradicate the whole world’s problems. the world will never be a utopia. but at the same time, i think it’s very dangerous to society to hold the idea that you are completely powerless as an individual, it is for this exact reason,combined with comfortable ignorance/inaction, that there is so much injustice in the world. it’s jsut like the vote, one vote alone seems to have a negligable effect on the turnout, but if everyone in support of a certain party did that, the results would alter dramatically. ok, so what i’m basically saying is however seemingly insigificant your contribution to a cause, there is strength in numbers. ok this isn’t reqally a nice analogy, but i’m gonna use it to prove a point: if a ridiculously small political party headed by an evil genius with crazy ideologies can lead to the slaughter of 6 million jews and others, then surely the power of good can multiply equally in strength if supported by many individuals?? i’m no longer a hopeless idealist, i know it’s impossible to save the world or even a great proportion of it, but surely improving the quality of at least 1 or 2 people’s lives, by doing something as simple as joining a cause which is close to your heart and taking some small simple actions, is worth doing..is it not?? the power is in your hands! :) of course, there is also the ripple effect, where your actions may influence someone else to contribute to the power of good..for instance perhaps this will inspire a few people with this goal to decide to finally take the plunge, as i have been inspired by certain people i know and others i don’t, e.g angelina jolie and her humanitarian work. the important thing is that you join and help a cause of your freewill, so no-one should be co-erced or guilt-tripped into joining (other than by their own conscience, depending on which cause is closest to their heart) and that we all have a choice to support and prioritise individually whichever charities/causes we consider to be of most pressing concern to humanity