Derrick Jensen: What do you say to people who feel they are busy struggling to get by and don't have time to help others?
David Edwards: Once you start to see through the myth of status, possessions, and unlimited consumption as a path to happiness, you'll find that you have all kinds of freedom and time. It's like a deal you can make with the universe: I'll give up greed for freedom. Then you can start putting your time to good use.
Jensen: And if someone says, "But the problems are so big, what can one person do?"
Edwards: Once you realize that helping others is also helping yourself, the size of the overall problems becomes irrelevant. You're not a one-man or one-woman army out to save the whole world. You help simply because it does good and it feels good.
-- The SUN
