What do you take for granted?

[Yelleryella123]

I absolutely appreciate your reply - and you are right, this is just a slice of the pie. It can be overwhelming .. the complexities of what is going on, and I don't know everything - it waters the seeds of despair in me and clouds my vision leading me to inaction a lot of the time. I just can't afford to be depressed anymore.. when there are people out there who can't afford to - and beings who don't know anything but pain. I have to find some kind of concrete solution. I just hope I'm not deluded. I see a lot of "solutions" out there, especially in the green movement. It took me a while to realize claiming to be green is part of a selling scheme, and it doesn't necessarily mean a companies affect on the environment and the world is truly positive. We don't need to contribute to this sinking ship but a lot of people believe there is nothing they can do or fall into lip service schemes, believing they are doing something good when in actuality it is having a negative effect behind the scenes. Everyone needs to go about buying products like a journalist so they know the full picture. Example, buying a shirt that says "Protect Our World" - that was made in china, in a sweatshop, possibly by a child who can't afford a better life, yet we concern ourselves with products that rub our altruistic ego to make it look/make us feel like we are doing something good - while the impact is more satisfying for our minds than the world. It is a trap.

I am trying to learn to accept, so I have a clearer head in going about everything - thich nhat hahn is very helpful in this video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[youtube]RWqB4-em308[/youtube]

I found this video interesting as well when it comes to the money system, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=[youtube]X5uGLbV5zVo[/youtube]

thank you very much for everything you've said, a discussion like this gives me hope.

(thanks billy)