Everything is Meaningless

This excerpt is from the old testament and I think that it goes right along with my thinking. Pastor Don mentioned it in yesterdays service at College Church in Northampton Ma...It comes from the book Ecclesiastes Chapter 5 verse 8 thru 17.......... If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still. The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.....Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. this too is meaningless.......As good increase, so do those who consume them. and what benefit are they to the owner except to feast his eyes on them?.....The sleep of a laborer is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of a rich man permits him no sleep........I have seen a grievous evil under the sun;.......wealth is hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him. Naked a man comes from his mother's womb, and as he comes so he departs....He takes nothing from his labor that he can carry in his hand......This too is a grievous evil......As a man comes so he departs, and what does he gain,since he toils for the wind? All his days he eats in darkness, with great affliction and anger..........Can't take it with you when your gone so why not share it with everybody on God's green earth....To much like the right thing to do........Social Change in Mind

Mission Statement

1. This one goes out to Brianna.....The young lady I met at the Young Professionals get together put on by the Chamber of Commerce of Northampton at PACKARDS......I have come to the conclusion that my goals of this event is to like we discussed, to showcase the talents of the homeless and unemployed populations by giving them a forum to participate in.......This way we can educate the public and private sectors on the plight of this particular population in hope that we can open up a ongoing dialouge, on how to best address the needs, cause and the solution to the problem.......I hope this fits into the type of proposal of a mission statement that you were looking for......CUT and DRY.....Social Change In Mind

Education

To be learned in all that is worth while knowing. Not to be crammed with the subject matter of the book or the philosophy of the classroom, but to store away in your head, such facts as yor need for the daily application of life, so that you maybe better in all things, understand your fellowman and interpret your fellowship to your creator...........You can be educated in soul, vision and feeling as well as in mind.............To see your enemy and know him is a part of the education of man.......To spiritually regulate oneself in another form of the higher education that softens the ills of the world and makes us kind indeed............Many a person was educated outside the school room. It is something you let out, not completely take in. You are part of it, for it is natural; it is dormant simply because you will not develop it, but God creates every person with it knowingly or unknowingly to him who posseses it..... That's the difference.........Develop yours and you become as great and full of knowledge as the the other person without even entering the classroom.......Marcus Garvey.........Question to Malcolm X- What do you think is responsible for prejudice in the United States.........Answer-Ignorance and Greed....And a skilfully designed program of miseducation that goes right along with the american system of exploitation and oppression.....If you want to know more of this response by Malcolm X continue to read my blog in the coming weeks.........Social Change In Mind