The above headline will probably come as no surprise to most people who know me, as I am often clueless, idealess and generally "less" than "more" in most situations.
But here I am referring to a particular situation. I saw an interview with Kevin Bacon (the actor/six degrees of separation guy) in which he is a spokesperson for Pepsi's RefreshAmerica campaign, through which they are giving away millions of dollars to support ideas that help people. Pepsi is also getting a lot of positive PR as a result of this, but as I am trying to be positive myself instead of sarcastic, I have no problem with that, as long as they are truly helping people.
Anyway, they are stil looking for more ideas, and I started thinking what helpful, innovative idea could I seek funding for while making the world a better place.
And I didn't have an idea. Still don't.
Oh, there are causes I support and certainly believe in, like the St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Alzheimer's Association, Catholic Charities and a local homeless mission, but they already exist. There are things I want to do, like write inspiring articles and some books (I already give away a book I wrote), but it is not the kind of thing Pepsi would pay me to do. And I would certainly like to see an end to hunger...but I certainly don't have a plan as to how to stop it.
Of course, if everyone had their own individual organization to fund, then larger organziations would never get donations from anyone to accomplish larger goals. But I admit that I felt like a failure when I realized that, as far as my journey of saving the world, I have not even picked out an engine to put on the track.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Stephen Hawking's question
Glad to say that I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Catholic, and that faith in God is very important to me. Of course, it doesn't mean I don't have unanswered questions.
Stephen Hawking's is a brilliant, brilliant man who has probably forgotten more than I'll ever know. He certainly has suffered a lot from his ALS, and I do feel sorry for him.
He was recently interviewed on national television where he said he prefers science to religion because science has the answers. I've read some other articles that suggest that, while Hawkings mentions God frequently in his famous A Brief History of Time, science replaces his need for a creator, and he does not believe in a benevolent God.
Which leads to Stephen Hawking's question. At the end of the interview on ABC News, he was asked what one question he would like to know the answer to. He replied (I'm paraphrasing a bit): why is there anything in the universe as opposed to being nothing.
Isn't this the same question many of us ponder when we wonder about the meaning of life? Even Hawking's vaunted science doesn't have an answer. To me, the answer to this question will only be found in religion, from God, not in science.
Maybe I've got some smarts, too, eh?
Stephen Hawking's is a brilliant, brilliant man who has probably forgotten more than I'll ever know. He certainly has suffered a lot from his ALS, and I do feel sorry for him.
He was recently interviewed on national television where he said he prefers science to religion because science has the answers. I've read some other articles that suggest that, while Hawkings mentions God frequently in his famous A Brief History of Time, science replaces his need for a creator, and he does not believe in a benevolent God.
Which leads to Stephen Hawking's question. At the end of the interview on ABC News, he was asked what one question he would like to know the answer to. He replied (I'm paraphrasing a bit): why is there anything in the universe as opposed to being nothing.
Isn't this the same question many of us ponder when we wonder about the meaning of life? Even Hawking's vaunted science doesn't have an answer. To me, the answer to this question will only be found in religion, from God, not in science.
Maybe I've got some smarts, too, eh?
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