PHA-Exchange> A thought attahced.

[Claudio]

      Subject:   
      Date:   
      From:  abraham <abraham at phmovement.org> 
      To:  Steering Group <PHM_Steering_Group_02-03 at yahoogroups.com>, PHM - Secretariat <secretariat at phmovement.org>, pha-exch <pha-exchange at kabissa.org>, PHA2 International Organizing Committee <IOC-PHA2 at yahoogroups.com> 

Dear Friends,
As we all gather out time, energy and resources to gear up for the PHA2, we thought this quotation from the PHA-Exchange should inspire us to do more than we have planned already- because every action by each one of us done sooner of later counts. You may print it and keep it up somewhere to remind you of this task. 
Remember, we just have 20 weeks more to go for the Second People's Health Assembly.
Best wishes,
Ravi/Srinidhi/Prasanna/Naveen/Abraham
PHM Secretariat Team

THE TASK BEFORE US

An adult civil society organization (CSO) has to use its (new) power with intelligence and not exaggerate the theory of a 'universal responsibility' based on the false idea that it is absolutely us (and no other) who have to bring order to a world in disarray --no matter at what cost-- or we won't be able to live in peace with ourselves. This theory does not only lead to potentially infinite unconnected interventions: it intoxicates our minds with the illusion that we are protagonizing the ultimate crusade in favor of what is just, making us believe that each campaign we embark on is like the final and ultimate campaign that will end all miseries of the world. As a true global PHM we have to learn to move from being a potential to being a real power in world affairs; we have to liberate ourselves from simply general global objectives (a general globalism) lacking a clear sense of direction and purpose lest we get tangled up everywhere: there are concrete things to do to get us to such a position of real power...and the actions of every member -- not just the leadership -- count. 

Based on and modified from a paragraph by Walter Lippman (1889-1974), former NY Times Editor

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20050305/92fbe28c/attachment-0001.html>