Has humanity learned to work together yet? I've noticed that so long as people operate like slaves, so long as there's a boss, government, or some other authority figure telling people specifically what to do, there's the appearance of working together. When it's up to people to be self-motivated though, it seems this quickly falls apart. When there's no obligation to help, and no immediate reward, people tend to be lazy. I'm not just theorizing here either, I know this from my own experience on organic farms and in volunteer organizations. When it's voluntary, a minority of the people tend to do the majority of the work.
If people really want positive change in society, this is going to have to change. Working together is something people should have learned in kindergarten, it seems such a basic part of being a mature adult, yet it's a rarity in our society. People are not self-motivated, so they just go along with the patterns of the past. People wait for the government to change things, yet the people who control the government have a vested interest in keeping things the way they are.
Sometimes there's more truth in children's books than in spiritual messages. I enjoy the ones where you have to understand the message for yourself instead of just being told what to think. It takes some self-motivation instead of just passively believing. With that at heart, I present the story of The Little Red Hen:
http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/story-little-red-hen
Link to today's GFP newsletter: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/gfp-newsletter-5112014
