Comments on: Changing the World One Act at a Time http://beautifulsummermorning.com/2009/02/changing-the-world-one-act-at-a-time/ Inspirational Articles, Quotes, Music, Poetry, Art, Video, Self-development Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:13:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick Grimshawe http://beautifulsummermorning.com/2009/02/changing-the-world-one-act-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-144286 Nick Grimshawe Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:08:55 +0000 http://beautifulsummermorning.com/?p=1808#comment-144286 Hi Robin, I have to agree with you that the interviewer could have done more to help this young man tell his story. I know from conversations I have had with people about their travels, that they don't really understand that the word abundance can mean more than some material things. I know from my visit to St Lucia, a long time ago now, I had the privilege of spending a lot of time with the locals and was invited into their homes. Want I got out of that was how proud people were about the homes they lived in. Because of the climate everything had to be spotless. Every home I entered I was an honored guest. I never once thought of their homes as shacks, or the people as poor. I didn't try to compare the way I lived to the way they lived, it was just different. This young man was so proud of what he was able to do for his family and what he could do for his village. He enriched them and himself in the process, a kind of wealth you cannot measure in dollars and cents. Thanks so much for your insightful comments. Nick Hi Robin,

I have to agree with you that the interviewer could have done more to help this young man tell his story.

I know from conversations I have had with people about their travels, that they don’t really understand that the word abundance can mean more than some material things. I know from my visit to St Lucia, a long time ago now, I had the privilege of spending a lot of time with the locals and was invited into their homes. Want I got out of that was how proud people were about the homes they lived in. Because of the climate everything had to be spotless. Every home I entered I was an honored guest.

I never once thought of their homes as shacks, or the people as poor. I didn’t try to compare the way I lived to the way they lived, it was just different.

This young man was so proud of what he was able to do for his family and what he could do for his village. He enriched them and himself in the process, a kind of wealth you cannot measure in dollars and cents.

Thanks so much for your insightful comments.

Nick

]]> By: Robin Easton http://beautifulsummermorning.com/2009/02/changing-the-world-one-act-at-a-time/comment-page-1/#comment-144229 Robin Easton Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:12:41 +0000 http://beautifulsummermorning.com/?p=1808#comment-144229 This video and the young man moved me profoundly. I thought the interviewer was just a little rude or condescending and didn't really help they young man speak but asking better questions....or appreciating that he was trying hard to speak English. I felt the interviewer didn't fully appreciate what this young man has done and is still doing for his village. My husband came back from Africa a couple of months ago and shared the stories of many of the people's lives there. People in the westernized world often can't appreciate what it means to have just a simple light bulb or a windmill for water. I felt the audience was much more appreciative of his heroic efforts than the interviewer. This is not just a passing thing this young man has done; it is a GRAND thing. And that he did it at age 14 to help his parents and now to help his village. That moves me to tears. Sometimes Nick I am appalled at American sloth and lack of appreciation, BUT I also know that is not all Americans. I am American and I care deeply as do many of my friends. Thank you for SUCH an important video. Thank you for caring. Robin This video and the young man moved me profoundly. I thought the interviewer was just a little rude or condescending and didn’t really help they young man speak but asking better questions….or appreciating that he was trying hard to speak English. I felt the interviewer didn’t fully appreciate what this young man has done and is still doing for his village. My husband came back from Africa a couple of months ago and shared the stories of many of the people’s lives there. People in the westernized world often can’t appreciate what it means to have just a simple light bulb or a windmill for water. I felt the audience was much more appreciative of his heroic efforts than the interviewer. This is not just a passing thing this young man has done; it is a GRAND thing. And that he did it at age 14 to help his parents and now to help his village. That moves me to tears. Sometimes Nick I am appalled at American sloth and lack of appreciation, BUT I also know that is not all Americans. I am American and I care deeply as do many of my friends. Thank you for SUCH an important video. Thank you for caring. Robin

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