Need to do something!

With U.S. involvement in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, school shootings, bee population decline (a possible indication of bigger environmental problems?), an ineffectual media system, and widespread spiritual malaise, I often feel crushed and impotent, guilty of not doing enough, not taking enough action.

For the last few months, the last week in particular, I feel an urgency to do more, to get involved with gay/lesbian rights, to protest the wars, to advocate for environmental awareness. Or it can be something more intimate, less "political," like reading to kids or helping with a literacy program. In fact, since I'm an aspiring educator, literacy and nurturing a love (or at least appreciation) of the written word could well be my cause.

I don't know how others are feeling, but I feel the urge to DO something, to break out of my comfort zone, to combat all this negativity.