So yesterday, walking through Sather Plaza, we passed a group that was trying to raise money for... something, I don't quite know what, but essentially their way of trying to make us donate was by saying "Donate a dollar! It's less than your morning coffee or a cup of boba!"
Which of course made me laugh, but it also made me think about things. Like, will a dollar really save a life? As they were pointing out, a dollar isn't really that much. I doubt it could pay for a lifetime supply of someone's medicine or give clean water to a country or anything, really. Even with the combined efforts of many people, like if 2000 people each gave a dollar, they're probably only saving a fraction of 2000 lives.
But then, today, I stumbled across this livejournal entry, which is probably more easily remembered as Cranes for Peace, that was, besides being very poetic, pointing out that it doesn't require much effort to make a change. As she said so well herself:
"You don't have to be radical to spread your message. The smallest action, in the future, could make a big difference."
Maybe there is hope, after all.
Jamie
who knows how to fold cranes now