Yesterday I finished the 100th survey at the private school. I should receive the hemoglobin results next week. Once all of the data is entered, I will move on to the public schools where the conditions will be significantly different.
My thoughts are like two children on a seesaw. The child on one end represents a world of human progression- the notion that with hard work and compassion, we will eventually arrive at a world without poverty and equality of opportunity, and that is called "good." The child teetering on the other end represents the idea that poverty and the domination of one person over another are fundamental traits in humans because they lead to a dependence on the supplier, and what provides one with a greater sense of purpose than to know that others are dependent on you? It's hard to imagine that after how ever many years of human existence, if humans really wanted to make the world more equal and without desolate poverty that they wouldn't have been able to succeed already. Think of the verse from John Lennon's song:
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
Okay, I can imagine that John Lennon. But John, did you ever consider the people working at all of the NGO's and Non-profit organizations, or people fighting in politics for the "just" cause? Did you think about them? Where would we find any fulfillment or purpose in life if we didn't have things to fix, make better, or someone to need our love?
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