What’s the tipping point of awareness? It’s seems these days everyone wants to make everyone aware about something. If we just know, the world will be a better place. That appears to be the motto of the philanthropist today. It today’s over-stimulated world, does it not seem that we already know about everyone? Indeed too much. I mean I know about hunger issues around the world, racism, sexism, cancer, heart disease, autism, Vets without proper medical care and on and on, and on, and on. And there isn’t just one organization trying to stop cancer or help hunger around the world. There are hundreds of people reinventing the wheel each year. Yet, it seems that only a few have made it to the tipping point of awareness, and that is only because one involves a person who can ride a bike exceptionally well and another who is well very famous. How did anyone get help before rock stars?
And what about the whole green thing? Now that the economy has tanked it seems the only green that people want is in their wallets. Although the economy had a lot to do with the slump of being more environmentally conscious, was it more the economy or people’s constant search for the next thing (aka societal ADD)? With everyone saturated with knowing everything, the will to help has been displaced by a lack of community organizing. An example of this can be seen in the average family life. In an average family with kids, there is so much going on that there is a lack of concentration in one thing such as a single activity, hobby, or even being too busy to include a weekly church service. Life has become so busy that some of the fundamentals of life such as a sit-down dinner, family night, or Sunday morning worship have been left off the to-do list. Has the tipping point already happened in many families’ lives? Is anyone noticing? Is anyone looking at living beyond just physical and material things, or is family, friends, and daily living too much to expect in today’s culture?
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