Thoughts from Within. Is this Woody ?

[Twist_U_Up]

Is this Woody the bartender from Cheers the TV show ?

http://www.voiceyourself.com/03_thoughtsfromwithin/VoiceYourselfPoem.swf

[Rosemary2205]

1. Yes

[RebelOne]

2. The one and only Woody Harrelson.

[ClintonTyree]

3. Of course.........

Woody has all the money and time he needs to sit around and think things like this. He's not in a day to day struggle to "put food on his family" and a roof over their heads. Social consciousness has a way of taking a back seat to the cold, hard realities of working two jobs to pay the bills.
Don't get me wrong. I love Woody, he's a great guy but his position is quite different from the average American's. Most people don't have time to ponder the way things were or the way things ought to be. They're too busy living in, "the now", and "the now" doesn't leave much time to ponder. Unfortunately.

[Twist_U_Up]

6. No doubt but..........

One should have enough time to be aware of their surroundings and the government that surrounds them.

If you make time to enlighten yourself, then you will see that you will need to make more time to be a part of the revolution.

Every little bit helps.

[demobabe]

7. Of course he's in a different financial position than the majority of us

Myself and family included... however, we are extremely lucky to have him as an advocate for a number of environmental and sustainability issues. And a closer look would convince you he isn't as different as you might think. He lives far more modestly than many here on the DU.

And you're right about him being able to sit and think about things like this, and that was a big reason he created VoiceYourself.com. It's a one-stop shop filled with lots of ideas, resources, and tips to lessen your footprint on Mother Earth that don't necessarily cost more. I know they're working on some upgrades to the site, but if you get in and dig around in there, you can find a lot of great stuff.

I know exactly the day to day squeeze you're talking about - I live it every day, too. Much of this I believe is a direct result of corporate greed: i.e., why are executives making 50x average pay while you have to work two jobs just to pay the bills? What kind of society would allow this?

I've noticed if you follow the suggestions from his site, you generally end up moving away from supporting large corporations and consumerism in general. I really believe one way we can change society is through supply and demand: if we tell these corporations we don't want what they're buying by not giving them money, they will be forced to change. It's not THE answer, but every little bit helps.

[xchrom]

4. nice. very, very nice.

[MuseRider]

5. I like it.

Arts can save.