What about the minds to feed?

There’s one thing I could proudly tell about myself: I’m passionate about Nature’s wonders.

That’s why I went to study Ecology and Environmental Protection in college. That’s why I read as many books and participated in as many project as I could. My mind was preoccupied with finding the solutions to problems like pollution and loss of biodiversity and natural resources.

I used to see only the bad part: the ugly gray city, devastated forests and littered villages. Things going from bad to worse.

Until I realized that there must be a balance.

The mindset that I got into all those years told me that the world was splitted in two: one side was Nature and the other side was Man.

I kept looking at Nature but I didn’t look around myself. And when I did look around, I saw the greatest waste of all, the one that produced the huge costs on Nature.

That’s the waste of human potential.

I know so many intelligent people, girls especially, who buried their God-given gift because their parents or teachers told them they shouldn’t be smart and creative…

A person like this could find a cure for AIDS.

I know so many talented people who chose a different career because that’s why others do… Depriving the world of their potential and offering instead what the majority can offer.

A person like this could bring happiness in people’s hearts.

I know so many lively and enthusiastic young people who were drowned in the sea of negativism and pulled back by the others…

A person like this could become a modern-day hero.

I know so many sensitive people — but since kids they weren’t perceived as “real men” and discouraged to express and strengthen their peaceful side.

A person like this could become a peace-maker.

Mouths to feed? I think it’s possible to feed all the poor of this world. Just think about redirecting military expenses to charity, international volunteering. Training and hiring professional peace-makers: negotiators, problem- and conflict- solvers. Still the greatest force that drives this world is — I think — fear.

I think that the mouths could be fed. But this also means making the people dependent – and dependent people do lose their dignity.

Feeding their minds so they could work for the progress of society changes the problem.

What about the minds to feed?