Re: growing activism

salaam Vana, good thoughts to ponder. I think the passion or drive to do
something is a clue to what we are put on earth to do. And we DO do it for
ourselves ultimately. When we are too attached to the outcomes, we suffer
and get discouraged and sometimes controlling. In my work in addictions
counseling it is a constant struggle between these poles of detaching and
controlling urges. Bottom line, if I won the mega lottery I would still work
part time because I have the passion to do some kind of service. but then I
am a Virgo. Eileen
I probably didn't really speak to what you meant did I?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vana Lopez" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:55 AM
Subject: [Progressivemuslimsnetwork] growing activism


> Salaam,
>
> I am wondering how those of you who are activists on a
> large(r) level know when what you are doing is
> useful/working?  I'm coming at this from the
> perspective of the smallest.  Give 1 person some food
> & he is not hungry for a day, shelter and not out in
> the elements for the night.  It is very clear what is
> working at that level. it is easy to see if someone
> stops drinking or stops using drugs. it is easy to see
> if someone hasn't killed themself.
>
> As the target of the activist increases past the very
> small, how do you know if your meetings, speeches,
> protests, etc., are doing any good?  How do you
> measure it? Is it a "feeling" thing?  Is it a level of
> opposing intensity measurement? Is it the
> acknowledgment of others like yourself?
>
> I see this as somewhat separate from the "do the right
> thing" need that we probably all have in that I think
> that the "right thing" is irrespective of
> outcome--more of us having a whiff maybe of what God
> has put us here on earth to do.
> wondering, Vana
>
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