http://www.bcca.org/ief/isgpsrd.htm

of course, anything in life requires a certain level of trial and error, failure ultimately helps us gain success..but the class of people who strive for perfection and occasionally stumble and falter along the way are very different from those who are satisfied with failure.

i think you’re probably more suited to the task than you think yourself. just my outsider’s perspective:)

The only thing I can do though is to think. So I lack something to make this initiative work – activism. Just because I am overly selfish and I do fully understand that.

My concept maybe too easy, but the only reason I do not do anything is that I am perfectionist and once I will start to help I would need to make sure that everything is done right and fully nicely. But I also understand that this would probably require all of myself, which (since I am selfish) I am just not prepared to do at this moment.

Or probably I ma just pessimistic…

But you know –you, Baha’I people, have more chances of helping.

Nicely said ioni.

You are completely right that writing for writing’s sake is not going to solve anything. The action that stems from the writing that is the true measure of success, and if nothing appreciable comes out of this initiative, then of course we have to ask ourselves why. We have to ask what factors are being ignored (conveniently perhaps?) by individuals and society?

If you read this piece again, you will note that in the Universal House of Justice’s call to action they state that “The solution calls for the combined application of spiritual, moral and practical approaches.”

We need to consider the implications of this statement carefully. A combined approach implies that even the greatest practical initiatives will not succeed in the long run without a moral and spiritual framework that is agreed upon and becomes part and parcel of the lives of the Earth’s inhabitants. We need to ask ourselves, are governments and organizations actually considering this a priority? And what, as individuals, are we doing to reduce our own “poverty of mind” and those of our fellow human beings?

I ask you to read the About section, if you haven’t already. Unifying spiritual and moral approaches to child and youth education are what Baha’is are focused on. Without doubt we have a long way to go, but the results are increasingly being felt in communities the world over.

Many thanks for your comments.

I just do not understand all that hype – but I do not mind to participate, not in the least. Although I do believe that “writing about poverty” is not the same as “fighting poverty itself”.

And even though I believe that poverty of mind (if I use the terms correctly) is way worse – since this is the only reason there is technical, monetary poverty in the world.