Once I was a member of a community organization and I would go to feed the poor and so on. However, on one occasion I witnessed the organizer bluntly refuse a vagrant s request for food that he had in his hands. I believe many religious people pass up practical occasions to do good and when they do good a grandiose show is made of it. If you look around you it is quite difficult to find total unselfish acts made on the behalf of complete strangers. I frequently ponder if people realize that change begins with themselves, too often we wait for momentous events such as marches to effect change and in the meantime do nothing.
Most people fail to realize change begins on an even smaller scale.
I sometimes feel so helpless and insignificant in this daunting world of ours. What I sincerely desire is for each individual to realize that he has an inescapable obligation to better the lives of those less fortunate. At the end of the day we are not here to make ourselves happy, as so many do, but to enrich the lives of others. Howard University .