Reimagining culture: Can Care & Compassion build stronger communities?

Year after year citizens around the world dance in the midst of a dichotomy of two different realities. On one side there is patriotism, opportunity, and great optimism. On the other end there is a commonality of injustice, inequality, disparity, corruption, economic uncertainty, controversial political practices, civic discontent and ideological conflicts.

Perhaps the one thing that seems to be missing in government is care and compassion. After all when a government cuts healthcare, decreases social security, endorses a failing education system, neglect the ecosystem, turn a blind eye to injustice, enable reckless behavior, or appear unsympathetic towards the needs of it’s citizens one might consider them heartless and maniacal.

In ever country complaints regarding government becomes a resounding, “ they don’t care about us” or “they lack compassion for the people” but why does the world seem to share this belief?

It seems as if there are far more discontent citizens in countries whose political leaders brag on the efficiency of their government but why?

A country can’t be both great and terrible or could it? Some activists believe that there are three types of people in the world: (1.) Beneficiaries or the 1%

(2.) The disillusioned

(3.) The people

There are those who believe that those who manipulate, oppress, use, and build on the backs of the common man are beneficiaries. The same people believe that those who tolerate and allow this to happen hoping that one day they to will join the elite are disillusioned. Lastly, everything that the 1% has gained was made possible because of the people, bought by people, and necessary because of people.

Love might just be the most powerful force in the world. When we care people and are compassionate we did everything in our power to help them. This might just be the difference between good or average government and great government.

But what if the government did care and have compassion for all people? What if a government put in place policies that promoted care and compassion instead of greed and corruption?

What exactly would this kind of government look like and how could we measure the progress?

Often time’s citizens are divided on issues and fight isolated incidents minimizing the impact. But what would a united initiative look like and what should it include?

 Health, economics, education, justice, and equality are common issues simplified. The question is do we care and have enough compassion for each other to hold our government accountable?

If I start with my household, my neighborhood, my city, my state, my country, and myself what would that look like?

“A hurricane of emotions stirring up around the world. The gross mishandling of social ills continues. Focus our energy on the overall picture of how to address the issues.  Changing the standard barer and countering the perceptions. ”


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