Giving gives energy

I'm feeling drained.

Not in a bad way, in a good way.

Where you have been productive, accomplished much but the adrenaline is fading.

The 12 hour Netflix binge from last week has wore off.

Needing a boost to get me through the next 45 min, I remembered that its the end of the month so its my donation week. This month is the AIDS quilt. A quick trip online and a few moments latter, donation made and energy levels lifted.

Off to a final push of things before I am done for the day.

What makes me upset about how the world works?

My longest running social passion is clothing manufacturing. When I was in middle school I helped launch a local chapter of Kids Can Free the Children to help address the social injustice that children faced by the demand for cheap clothing. It has become expected that fashion will change and new items are needed to be socially acceptable. People expect low cost clothing and have often decided not to care or think about the impact that low cost clothing has on those producing it.

I have spent the past 5 years working with a focus on prevention and mitigation from natural disasters. Interrelated to this passion is a passion for environmental preservation. Disaster related human suffering can be greatly reduced. If people are educated and have the resources to prevent disaster impacts. This suffering can be reduced even further if whole community mitigation actions are taken. The investment now saves lives.

When I reflect and think about any of the numerous challenges we face often the solution that I come up with that would truly have the power to solve the challenge is based in education. Sadly education is not as strong as it could be across the globe. Investment in educational programs and opportunities is desperately needed if we want to see real change in the future.

I could go on, while many things make me upset, I know that solutions exist and I am willing to work to move our collective humanity towards them.