Here is
this week’s “Ponder This” picture. As I mentioned last week, these are meant to
be exercises in free-flowing philosophical thinking. Though eventually I will
post these with no comments or questions, I will share with you what this
picture made me think about.
What does
it mean to sacrifice? Is this mother giving her child what little she has to
help sustain the child’s life? Why should anyone go hungry in a world where
there is a surplus of food? How can developed nations better help developing
ones in terms of alleviating hunger? Are we doing enough to aid others in our
own lives, in our own communities? How can famine be prevented? Why can we not
prevent it with the advancements we have made technologically? We waste nearly
50% of the food produced in the United States; how can we do so knowing that it
could be used to offset hunger in other places around the globe? What can I do
today to reduce anyone’s suffering, even if it is not from hunger?
Please
share your questions and comments below for others.
