Idealist.org

I am a member of the organization "Idealist.org".  We believe great things can happen when people come together with a common goal or passion. There are so many problems in the world in which we live. I think most people want to make a difference but do not know where to begin. There is quite often in large gap between our intentions and our actions. I took this excerpt from their website, so many of us have great intentions but do not act on them....what if we did? 

1. The gap between our intentions and our actions

Every day many of us would like to respond in some way to what's happening around us, but for a variety of reasons we don't. We may feel, rightly or wrongly, that we have no time, no resources, no power, or no impact (why bother, it won't make a difference anyway). We may not know where to start, what to do, or who to work with. We may be afraid of failure, ridicule, meetings and committees, wasting our time, getting depressed…

This list could go on, but the point is that this challenge—or opportunity—is huge. Imagine, to use a very pessimistic average, that most people feel the urge to fix something or help someone at least once a month, and don’t act on that impulse. With close to seven billion people on Earth this comes to 200 million missed opportunities every day, and probably many more.

This gap between intention and action applies not only to individuals, but also to organizations of every kind. Many cities, schools, businesses, museums, and hospitals, to name just a few, would be willing to participate in a local initiative or help a similar organization in another country, but for their own set of reasons—including the simplest one, that no one has asked them—they often do not.

I hope you will check out their website and join in...we really can make a difference!

Shine on!

~Keri Murphy