I have no idea

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.