What can 1 person do?, page 1

When you ask what can 1 person do concerning the way we are wasting our own lives while watching our government destroy millions of others, there is an answer. And as usual it all comes down to the source of the question.
I recommend that you work towards putting your family in a position where they remain focused on the goal of becoming 'self-sustaining'. Prepare to show your children the importance of providing for themselves in a world where nothing is guaranteed. The only way to do that is by setting the example through attempts at organic farming, producing your own biofuels, and understanding and sharing the tremendous benefits that can be found in "permaculture" techniques.
If your kids don't have the 'weirdest' mom in school it's because you accept the way the system grooms your children's future.... so they don't stick out from the rest of the herd.

If you feel like you have become too comfortable where you and your family are right now, and also the urge to provide some sort of 'aid' to the suffering you see around the world... you share a very common disposition towards life in general. (I don't know what you call it)
but more than likely you are not even willing to consider the sacrifices or tremendous changes that would have to take place in your family's lives if you functioned like you HAD to provide for yourselves on a routine daily basis. But if you traded everything you have for a couple acres of land a few miles away and turned your journey into an experiment on 'independence', it would automatically turn your children into survivors... and with the right inspiration your families quest and experience they gain would be an important example for everybody in the community.

What else is there?
What bothers you about the bombs going off, where they land? who they landed on? who pulled the trigger? ... or why were they dropped by a government who's actions will eventually be responsible for the death of over 50% of todays population?
For someone in your position it is irresponsible to focus on the pain and suffering around the world, when it has probably never crossed your mind what you would do if all of your food had to come from the ground... instead of wrapped in cardboard and plastic. If your not the kind of person who has ever consider eating out of a dumpster, skinning gutting and cleaning a fresh animal, or surviving a long hard winter with 10lbs of rice and a rifle... it's because you are spoiled rotten from being handfed by a contaminated system most of your life and now your playing the 'middleman' to provide a similar foundation for your children's future.

I don't know, maybe you have been focused on the sad events that are taking place all over the world for a good reason... that should make it look easier to 'break the cycle' in your own way of life and for the future of the children that you DO have the ability to save. Your little boy or girl has a better chance of bringing a 'cure' or some solutions to this world then you are, especially if you seperate them from the herd A.S.A.P.
We've all heard the saying "you reap what you sow", so you can't blame anybody else if you have never eaten a fresh fruit or vegetable from a seed that you planted. I can't stress the importance of teaching your children how to DIG.

Please understand that I am in no way trying to insult or persecute you as an individual, this is about as impersonal as I could explain this to a young parents in general. To be honest with you, other than the emotions and I have experienced in life, and the few that I've been able to share with others... so far I'm just a waste of skin. So please don't think I was trying to belittle you in any way.

It's just that you DO have the ability to 'save the world' once you find that you and your loved one's have the ability to survive under the most extreme conditions. Right now, nothing makes your future more vulnerable or life as dangerous as buying into the trash we are all so used to fetching from the grocery store shelves.
Imagine how much you will change the world when your family is the only one for hundreds of miles that knows what it takes to survive without the many luxuries(such as store bought food) that our lazy asss s love being chained to.
So the next time you find yourself consumed by reading or thinking about how you could possibly make the cycle of life change and become something 'special' for people in other parts of the world, it won't just be a waste of your precious time IF you understand how hard it would be to MAKE somebody else change their ways.

Depending on your area I'm sure the community would be willing to support your courage and help your family along the way.
As hard as it is to get someone to face their reality if they were forced into 'independence', most people would be relieved that someone else already took the first steps.

I hope you don't regret asking this question.
Good luck.