I belong to all sorts of things.   Domino Tumblers Anonymous.  The Benevolent Society of Boat Namers.   United Jugglers of America.  Oh, it goes on and on.

Most people I know are members of some group or organization.

Maybe a Rotary Club, or a Book Circle.  A cooking class, a university, a football pool at work.

It could be something like the NRA, the AARP, or the ACLU, or the Red Cross.  A neighborhood watch group?   A church, a bowling team, the NAACP, or the CIA?

We are all pretty much card-carrying somebodies.  Typically, it works like this.  You join.  You pay annual dues. You volunteer.  And… you receive some sort of member benefits.  Like the free tote bag, or a neat-o lapel pin.

And. If nothing else, we are members of a community.  You know it when you pay your local, state, and federal taxes.

But probably, the one people think of the least, is the biggest one of all.  Unless you are a Extraterrestrial Friend of mine…. we all are residents of this planet.

Citizens of Planet Earth.

A lot of times, I hear people saying….. ‘they don’t care about what is going on in this country or that.  It isn’t their problem.  Let them fend for themselves.  It is none of our business’ … and such.  Maybe on some level, they are right.  But maybe not.

I think what might be happening… is that a LOT of people are members.  But not very many pay their annual dues….but expect to receive al the member benefits.

This probably isn’t going to keep working very much longer.  “Club Planet” may end up holding it against our kids… and their kids… and so on.

For me… I think it is important that I should care what is happening in the community in which I live.  Because if I don’t…. who will?  If no one cares….

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“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”  –   Jawaharlal Nehru
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“I am a citizen, not of Athens or Greece, but of the world”  –   Socrates
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