What does it all mean?

My thoughts at the conclusion of day 5...

"It's becoming normal to feel hungry, and this is making me think about the reality of what it means to be truly hungry...to be starving for a meal. What I am going through is not real hunger, because I still have the security of knowing that I will get a fully nutritious meal at the end of each day. Some people don't even have that basic assurance.

Hunger was not meant to be a part of God's plan for the world. People laying down to sleep hungry was never meant to happen. Life is supposed to be better then this, and we should be using our time and our privilege to fight malnutrition as if it was an emergency...because it is to the people experiencing it. We should be using every ounce of energy to alleviate this need...shouldn't we? But we don't. Does anyone disagree? We have the amazing capacity to ignore what is going on around us as if by the sheer power of our minds we might eliminate the truth.

I'm sorry for my apathy. It is more powerful and deeply ingrained than I could ever possibly imagine. And even as I am made aware of it I still cannot seem to shake it off."

Sorry that today's post was so depressive! I'll try and be more optimistic next time...