Beyond Victimhood
If you haven’t checked out our latest podcast, “A Better You, A Better World,” I hope you will. Because you’ll hear me talking about The Humanity Project’s mission in a new way. As I say in that broadcast, I feel I haven’t done a very good job so far in explaining what this organization really is trying to do. We’re new and we’re taking a unique and innovative approach to trying to improve the world, attacking one problem from many angles. So I’ve struggled to find the right words to clearly explain what we’re doing – until now.
(By the way, if you do listen to the podcast, please be patient with your computer. If you have broadband, there may be a bit of a delay before you see anything happening after clicking to listen. If you have dial-up, of course, there may be a longer delay. That pause is caused by the way your specific system is set up, not our website technology. Some computers insist on downloading the whole podcast before starting to play it. So just allow the brief time needed to do that, please, even if it looks like nothing is happening at first.)
Anyway, as I was saying, The Humanity Project is about a better world. So are a lot of other groups, and God knows, we need them all! But we think our specific mission is special, in some respects. We’re really a fledgling social movement that says the only way we can genuinely change the world is to change the people in it, one at a time. We think this effort must start within each of us as individuals. Our organization believes every person has an ethical duty to take greater responsibility for their life, including their health, relationships, work, sexuality and more. This improves our personal everyday existence, but more importantly, we help build a healthier and saner world.
But our group also knows that it’s no good telling people to “take more control,” unless we tell them how this can be done. So The Humanity Project offers a variety of cutting-edge resources, at no cost, that provide concrete information about ways to make changes for a better life.
We believe one of the key problems in taking charge of our lives, and so becoming more responsible members of society, is the issue of victimhood. I was thinking about this just today as I struggled with my own feelings. I won’t bore you with the details, except that I was feeling emotionally weaker than usual, as if life was overburdening me. Nonsense! And that’s what prompted this blog. And the next one too. Because we’re not victims at all. We each possess a proven human capacity to seize control of any situation and change it – and that makes us strong creatures, not weak ones. Next week, I’m going to finish up my little chat about this topic of victimhood. I hope that you’ll want to come back to read it and that you’ll also listen to our podcasts. And please, tell your friends about The Humanity Project. We would appreciate that very much. Thanks! See you next week! – RSK
If you haven’t checked out our latest podcast, “A Better You, A Better World,” I hope you will. Because you’ll hear me talking about The Humanity Project’s mission in a new way. As I say in that broadcast, I feel I haven’t done a very good job so far in explaining what this organization really is trying to do. We’re new and we’re taking a unique and innovative approach to trying to improve the world, attacking one problem from many angles. So I’ve struggled to find the right words to clearly explain what we’re doing – until now.
(By the way, if you do listen to the podcast, please be patient with your computer. If you have broadband, there may be a bit of a delay before you see anything happening after clicking to listen. If you have dial-up, of course, there may be a longer delay. That pause is caused by the way your specific system is set up, not our website technology. Some computers insist on downloading the whole podcast before starting to play it. So just allow the brief time needed to do that, please, even if it looks like nothing is happening at first.)
Anyway, as I was saying, The Humanity Project is about a better world. So are a lot of other groups, and God knows, we need them all! But we think our specific mission is special, in some respects. We’re really a fledgling social movement that says the only way we can genuinely change the world is to change the people in it, one at a time. We think this effort must start within each of us as individuals. Our organization believes every person has an ethical duty to take greater responsibility for their life, including their health, relationships, work, sexuality and more. This improves our personal everyday existence, but more importantly, we help build a healthier and saner world.
But our group also knows that it’s no good telling people to “take more control,” unless we tell them how this can be done. So The Humanity Project offers a variety of cutting-edge resources, at no cost, that provide concrete information about ways to make changes for a better life.
We believe one of the key problems in taking charge of our lives, and so becoming more responsible members of society, is the issue of victimhood. I was thinking about this just today as I struggled with my own feelings. I won’t bore you with the details, except that I was feeling emotionally weaker than usual, as if life was overburdening me. Nonsense! And that’s what prompted this blog. And the next one too. Because we’re not victims at all. We each possess a proven human capacity to seize control of any situation and change it – and that makes us strong creatures, not weak ones. Next week, I’m going to finish up my little chat about this topic of victimhood. I hope that you’ll want to come back to read it and that you’ll also listen to our podcasts. And please, tell your friends about The Humanity Project. We would appreciate that very much. Thanks! See you next week! – RSK
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