I’ve Lost the Ability

I’ve lost the ability to come up with original stuff for this blog. I looked back at it and realized the last 10 things or so I’ve written have been completely taken from other people (granted, I attribute them, but still). Anyway, maybe its time for me to start adding some original content to my blog. I don’t know.

I’ve got an interview tomorrow. Maybe this 2 months of unemployment will come to an end shortly. It’s starting to kill me to be honest. I’ve got a small amount of money left in my bank account, I’ve caught up on plenty of reading, and I’ve still managed to do a bit of traveling. And yet, I still desire to work. Not sure why…

Actually, I think I know exactly why. All the jobs I’ve been applying for have been in the non-profit realm. And most of them are in places I see a need. The interview tomorrow is for an advocacy group that works with victims of domestic abuse (and in some cases, their abusers). I’ve applied to work in their teen advocacy program. Granted, its not the exact thing I want to do with my life, it still does strike me as something that is very important. I’m tired of having to watch on the news of kids killing each other and crap like that, and while I don’t think that domestic abuse is the ultimate problem, I think its a start.

Eventually I want to get involved in child poverty. Tonight on the news, they had a report of violence in young people. They said something like 61% of African Americans and 42% of whites in Chicago Public Schools dropped out. Over all the percentage was 46%. That’s something I just can’t live with. I truly believe that poverty is the underlying cause in most of those cases.

Elizabeth and I were talking last night, and we talked about what we would do with tons and tons of money, and I said I would like to help fight poverty. And, not to boast, I think I made a pretty astute observation:

Poverty does not have to exist.

Take from that what you will.