There is not a whole lot of thriving going on in Southern Sudan or Somalia…and these places, are a whole lot more similar to human history than ours is.

I’ve never said that everybody thrives, I’ve always said that everybody wants to thrive.

Strega wrote:

Thanks for Kiva, Reg. Good website.

Yes, I think it will be fun selecting. What a great idea !

”Without meaning, life is meaningless”

Have you found some cosmic source of information which suddenly says “humans are entitled to meaning”? MUST that meaning be inherent? Is it possible that most “meaning” in life is dictated by manipulative religions/ideologies/insanity? Perhaps the greatest meaning of all is what an individual objectively wor…[Read more]

I am sure they also want to thrive.

Simon, your “thriving” meme has sort of morphed into a false dichotomy of either:

1. People are compelled by nature to thrive

2. People are not compelled by nature to thrive.

Things aren’t remotely this black and white. There are thousands of consideration that go into human decisions and life choices and…[Read more]

@simonpaynton

”Without meaning, life is meaningless”

Was this statement worth the font it was written in?  It’s more fun to note that without Ruth, life is ruthless.

I don’t have an award for stating the obvious, but if I did, I’d be awarding it for that one

Thanks for Kiva, Reg. Good website.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:

For many millions of people life means being born to suffer. They live on the edge of starvation and famine and often know nothing other than civil war and conflict.

Add to that the supreme irony of being born at all on the planet Earth, the only place we know of anywhere in the cosmos with any life on it at all.

One easy way we can all help is to make small loans to people. $30-$100 is probably nothing to most of us. If in the unlikely event of never getting it back we will still eat tomorrow and sleep in a bed afterwards.

Here is how to do it. Kiva Lending

Come on folks….you know you want to 🙂

For many millions of people life means being born to suffer. They live on the edge of starvation and famine and often know nothing other than civil war and conflict.

I cannot even comprehend that level of suffering, In fact, I wish to not even think about it. But it’s real..and in the time I take compose this drivel, many little children will die…[Read more]

Their goal is to simple survive. They only understand the pressure to survive another day and give little thought to thriving.

I am sure they also want to thrive.

When someone’s back is up against the wall, small things take on a great meaning.