Tuesday, July 10, 2007

The upcoming film, book, and event on "How To Make The World A Better Place" are anchored by the story of The Good Samaritan. The Samaritan was the one who walked down the road and noticed the man beaten and robbed, laying in the road and, disregarding any hesitation, helped the man onto his donkey, led him to a nearby inn and payed for his stay plus any additional expenses that might come up. The Samaritan man came after several other men who could have also helped the man but chose not to (perhaps not even noticing him in the road.)

People who actually WANT to make the world a better place, need to NOTICE when things are going wrong and ACT to make things better (regardless of their busy schedule, convenience, and social, financial status or age) in a culture where lots of people walk by and don't notice anything is wrong or choose not to act to make things different. The Good Samaritan is a model for us in "sticking his neck out," something some don't want to do. Also this man valued a problem at hand over his own comfort, schedule, etc.

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