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The World Shop

Eleventh day of "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  [13+]

Motivation Monday!
Author E.B. White, who was born on this day back in 1899, once said, "I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve (or save) the world and a desire to enjoy (or savor) the world. This makes it hard to plan the day." What's your take on this? If given the choice between only being able to do one, would you rather save the world or savor it?

In my youth I was what you may call a lefty activist. In Europe that is an honorable name, don’t know about the US. But I was member of The World Shop, back in those days a hub for anti-governmental activities concerning world peace, ban the bomb, against apartheid, raising awareness on issues in different third world countries and the lot. We took part in demonstrations, had a shop where we discussed, sell items from third world countries and trying to save the planet basically. We were non-violent! I still think back on this part of my life with great fondness.

So I would always go for the first option: save the world. It’s still worth the effort!