Thinking today that I wonder if people on board with me now understand that this is real work. It's more than a warm feeling that a good deed has been done, it's a commitment to working on our issues.
I've searched for years to find my volunteer niche, the action piece, the voice I am driven to find. I considered volunteering w. a non-profit or a green someone. But I can do more than stuff envelopes. I considered quitting my day job to apply to work in such a group. But I'm a better librarian than a secretary. I cast about writing letters, signing petitions, researching legislation. But what I realized is that there are people out there doing the work I wish that I had trained to do. They have the right degrees and made the right career choices. They are visible and work hard. The problem for me is that I wish they could work even harder, think even faster, make more of the stuff happen. The urgency of this issue requires that in my mind. I can't send enough money, I can only send some money. What I can do then, given the combination of talents I have is to encourage those people. Better yet, I can marshal numbers of people who take as their work cheering, encouraging and reaching that force. Will I be the only one to see it as pressing? a priority? With some numbers, our voice will be heard, solutions will be encouraged, decisions and action pushed forward. I know this is a valid direction. I know that it will fit for people who think like I do and I know I can reach them.
Go undergrounders. Find the kindred spirits. Find the people suited for this movement.
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