Well, Guest Guest, now you're talkin'.
I used to think that politics was the answer to all the problems of the world, that we could end hunger and poverty and warfare if we just elected the right person. Then I discovered that elected officials and most other people in power can do very little, that most things run along by themselves and all we can do is nudge the big things a little here and there.

At the same time, I discovered that although leaders can't do much, I can have a profound and powerful effect on individuals. So, I decided to direct my efforts to what I could do one-on-one; and began to believe that politics is, for the large part, irrelevant. I spend one day a week picking up garbage and doing repairs at a center for poor women, and people on the street stop to talk with me as they go past - and I find that makes me more powerful than the President. The president is forced to live within a "persona," and much of his/her life is controlled by images and expectations - I am almost totally free to be what I choose to be.

-Joe Offer-