"It's strange to look at a CNN photo of the Egyptian Museum with fully armed tanks rolling down the street from the very spot I stood just a month ago. Gone are the traffic jams replaced by armed power and fear. I have no great insights about the whys and wherefores of yet another world conflict. It just seems to me that the world churns onward with too many, many reminders that we need more justice, understanding and compassion for the entire human family. Maybe it sounds corny but surely it's needed."
RPCV Jud Dolphin has become a world traveler since joining the Peace Corps and being shipped to Ukraine
Greater Lafayette blogger: Jud Dolphin
February 7, 2011
"Jud Dolphin Adventure"
http://juddolphin.blogspot.com
Author: Jud Dolphin
About the blogger: A longtime director of Lafayette Urban Ministry, Dolphin has become a world traveler since joining the Peace Corps and being shipped to Ukraine. His blog details many of his trips with plenty of photographs. Dolphin recently visited Egypt, just weeks before the bloody protests that have filled Cairo for the past many days.
Recent highlight (Jan. 31): "Call for Compassion"
It's strange to look at a CNN photo of the Egyptian Museum with fully armed tanks rolling down the street from the very spot I stood just a month ago. Gone are the traffic jams replaced by armed power and fear.
I have no great insights about the whys and wherefores of yet another world conflict. It just seems to me that the world churns onward with too many, many reminders that we need more justice, understanding and compassion for the entire human family. Maybe it sounds corny but surely it's needed.
As chance would have it and while I am doing research on an upcoming seminar on marketing for NGOs, I stumble upon a video and the Charter for Compassion, www.charterforcompassion.org
"What's this?" I say to myself. With a click, I take a look. It's a remarkable video and an inspiring message. I think, "Maybe this message can infiltrate the human family in a new way and empower a little more justice, understanding and compassion. So I will pass it along and who knows where and what it will do."
Sure, it's not solving desperate problems and maybe it's a little corny, but with a little more justice and understanding and compassion ...
