So said the brooding badlander Mr Nick Cave in a recent
interview. I reckon he’s had a few so I listened up. He qualified it with this: It is the hard work behind ideas to make them happen that is important or something like that.
And I
agree.
Ideas are never a problem for me. They come thick and fast, usually around
3am when my brain is awash with anxiety reliving the preceding day’s events and
expected outcomes of the next 24 hours. Storylines, business ventures, problem solving
techniques all filter through the insomnia. But by the cold light of day those nuggets
of genius pale in comparison to the deeds of the real movers and shakers of
this world. Because it’s not the thinkers, dreamers or list makers (a group to
which sadly I am a card carrying member) that win my admiration but the doers - the activists and volunteers, the entrepreneurs, scientists and community workers.
And so this post is dedicated to the Live Below the Line challenge participants (including my socially conscious teenager). A great idea that not only raises much needed funds
for the poverty stricken but teaches a valuable life lesson in empathy.
If you would like to sponsor said socially conscious teen please click here.
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