I have reason to be optimistic.
I am a pragmatist. The reason to be optimistic doesn’t come without significant work, adaptation and effort - but it is there.
I believe that there are so many people genuinely in need of something (in one way or another, relative to their own lives and situations), and such great disparities in the kinds of needs that people have.
I feel the demand of people currently in need is greatly outweighed by the supply of people ready and able to help.
There are many people in genuine need of all kinds of important things.
It could be for anything from needing a person to talk to (e.g. loneliness or a need to connect), to a way to escape a war or just something to eat.
This creates opportunity for others to supply effort to those needs.
This creates opportunity for others to reward those who supply effort to those who need.
So why am I pragmatically optimistic?
Recently, I have been navigating wide across many people and networks, from all over the world and all walks of life.
I see a groundswell of real effort from people and global citizens helping each other and working together - in perhaps an unprecedented way.
I expect at some point there may be overwhelm for us from this trend, just like we become overwhelmed by any trend (or fad) that takes headspace in our minds.
There may be some who join the work who are out for the good of others, and some who are out for themselves. It may become difficult and tiring to navigate. Let us allow doing good work to help each other, to never become nauseating.
I do not make lightly of this - good will come only with what might seem to be significantly difficult work and effort on what may be seemingly impossible or insurmountable. Whatever it takes, let us not be deterred.
Soon, I will share more about how I am trying to do my little part to help (and it is truly just a little part - but I will try). I don’t know if I will succeed, but I can only try and find out. I am willing to fail and learn - therefore, there is no failure for me - only learning and hopefully helping.
But this is not about me - this is about how we create and support action that takes care of tomorrow by doing good today. I will try to be practical.
I invite everyone to try to do the same in their local (and local-virtual) communities, however you can.
