A Resolution for the New Year

January 1, 2007. The first day of the New Year. It is a time for reflection and thought and a time for promises for the future. What did you do well this past year? How could you improve yourself? How can you do your part to make the world a better place? You may have made a resolution to loose weight, but I hate to break it to you – you’ll have the resolution every year. This year you should take the opportunity to look around you and evaluate your life. Think about your family and your friends and all of the things you have and do that you take for granted. There are people that don’t have these things. And there are people that don’t have these things and are being systematically murdered. In the Darfur region of Sudan, people are being raped, tortured, and murdered. Families, homes, and land are being destroyed in a genocide that has yet to be effectively tackled by any government. This year, do your part to find out what it going on around the world and encourage others to do so as well. Your actions will help offset the inaction of so many. This new year, do your part to save a person and a people. 400,000 have died. How many more must do so?