For some time now the media has been saying that the economic crisis is a reality. We all know someone or another who has lost their job, or whose work has slowed down tremendously, making it difficult to make ends meet.
Now we have the opportunity to be generous and give a hand to those who need help.

Faced with the demons of the economic crisis, people tend to tighten up, stop spending, save their resources, and ride it out until the economy turns. Our personal survival instinct all too often causes us to forget that there are other people out there in more difficult situations than ours. So why not give them a hand and help our neighbors in the best way we can. Maybe your neighbor is a painter and you had planned on painting your house this summer. Why not paint the house now and give your neighbor some work? It’s not about doing crazy things, but about letting go of fears that
we don’t have enough. Try to live without fear and look for a way to move closer to your community by giving and receiving. “What can we do to improve the situation?” we must ask ourselves. In doing so, maybe we can feel more human, and as always, if we want to see changes in the world, we must first begin with ourselves. Connecting with our generosity, we create the world that we want to see around us. We can cooperate with our neighbors, and find ways to give back to society. Coinciding with the anniversary of Martin Luther King, let’s remember some of his inspirational words: “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of estructive selfishness. Faced with the current economic crisis, we can make a difference by taking advantage of the occasion to become closer and connect more with the rest of society.

David Naga Urgeles