Our neighborhood group has been trying to address the homeless encampment in our park for months and we can't agree on what 'helping' even means — some want to call the police, others want to bring supplies, and we're all just talking past each other while people are suffering. Every meeting feels like we're performing our values instead of actually doing something.
More people experience this than they realize.
Good intentions fragment when people's different relationships to safety and justice collide in real time.
“Where Are You with Buddhist merit and the ripple of good action?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.