I have realized, for quite a long time now that I can hardly make a difference in the political world. I am convinced I can do more by doing Ho’oponopono and leaving things for the divine to move things and people.

Rabbi Darfour has a disturbing insight that agitates me but I must be humble enough to recognize my limitations. However, in a smaller scale I can do something about choices I make in my daily life. Often I choose less humane options out of sheer laziness. Even if I have been working on my spirituality, I still catch myself choosing what is convenient for me instead of making choices for the greater good.

Rabbi Darfour’s disturbing insight goes:
“We know how to make things grow better now than ever before in the history of the world. We can and do greatly
enhance the nutritional value of food. We know how to grow more in less space. We can improve the breeding of
creatures used for food. In fact, we have created a situation in which no one in the world needs to go hungry.

If people starve (and millions do), it is for political reasons and not because we have not learned how to make more and better food available. For reasons that upon examination often seem as cruel as they are bizarre and irrational, we have chosen not to exercise our more humane options.

I remember reading from “Post” last March of this year that in Ethiopia some farmers produced a nutritional plant that could feed millions at a cheaper amount. Yet the government disallowed the growing of the crop to save the existing industry/livelihood.

Clearly the above is an example of a political situation, disturbing but beyond me. I choose to make a difference by doing as much good in my world of daily choices.