Enough Good

In a recent diary of mine at Daily Kos a commenter used the phrase, "enough good." As the comment came across the screen I was reading an article in the local newspaper about hunger. With the rising costs of food increasing numbers of people are finding themselves unable to feed not only themselves but their children, too. In a nation rich as America this is beyond egregious.

I have written about hunger in America as an effect of poverty in a diary at Never In Our Names. Poverty is a serious issue in the world let alone in America today. Food should be a basic human right in the world today. No person should be forced to sleep hungry or suffer through a day without enough food. Note, I did not say people should have all the food they may wish to consume, but that they deserve enough food to avoid hunger as a life issue. I am guilty as anyone else of overeating sometimes but that is a privilege and not a human right.

Enough good extends to every measure of our lives. Each person we meet along life's pathways deserves to be treated with the respect we wish for ourselves. Each person we meet deserves the most good thoughts and good treatment we have to offer. Maybe in time that will spread to become "enough good" around the country.

Too many today are consumed by the material life. I have no objection to having pretty things or fine things in life, but there should be some limit for everyone. There comes a point when the accumulation becomes the goal and no real good is done. What if people began to accumulate just enough for themselves and then let the rest go to help some less privileged person? What a fine world we might find after a time.

Enough good means giving our children the educational opportunity they deserve. Enough good leaves no limits on that opportunity and puts no restrictions on the learning. Teachers are allowed to teach to their best and to lead students to a lifetime of learning.

Enough good means we look after our environment. We begin to conserve our resources and to look to the health of our planet as conservators instead of users and consumers. In the end we are led to a better world for all.

Enough good means giving to all those of lesser means. All of humankind must begin to recognize the basic rights of every being. We cannot continue to allow the strong or the rich to take from others. Enough good requires equal opportunity for one and all.

Enough good enriches all the lives that are touched by the principle. Like Gandhi once said, ne must live the life he wishes to see in others. Living "enough good" embodies that thought. Now if we all take responsibility for our personal actions we can change the world.

As I have said so many times before, we can stand together or fall apart. We have the choice before us today. We can continue to accumulate or we can live for "enough good." The choice is ours to make every day of our lives.