One Percent

One percent. What is it. Milk. Nope. One percent is a concept mentioned in a talk/sermon given by BONO at Thursday's National Prayer Breakfast.

If you haven't read the transcript of this talk or heard the actual talk, I highly suggest that you visit the link below and read it.
BONO's Talk At The National Prayer Breakfast

This is definitely one of the most powerful talks I have heard from BONO. He really shows the passion of his faith in this talk. Read it.

Call to Action

A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand, we are called to play the Good Samaritan on life's roadside, but that will be only an initial act. One day we must come to see that the whole Jericho Road must be transformed so that men and women will not be constantly beaten and robbed as they make their journey on life's highway. True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth."

- Martin Luther King Jr., in his speech "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence"

This is a great quote, but hard to act on. We are such selfish people. Lately, however, I've begun to realize that I'm not the most important person in the world - it doesn't always have to be "me first". And although I realize that, I know I have a long way to go to break this life-long mindset. Hopefully this shift of values will be quick to take hold.