I've decided to blog with a theme, and the theme is, 'Helping the world.'

What does that mean, exactly?  There are a lot of different interpretations.  You can look at it the way that Greenpeace does, and try to protect every endangered species, or the way the Sierra Club does, and try to protect the environment, or you can take the classical Jewish approach, and simply try to leave the world as a better place than you found it.

Actually, that last doesn't sound like a bad idea at all.  If everyone did that, worked to make the world a little bit better, imagine how many issues could be solved.  But what would it entail?  Are there projects we can work on, to improve what we find around us?  And what parts of the world need helping, and how do we recognize them?

Some of these questions are easy, some are not, and some may have no answer at all, but they all need to be asked.  We can ask them of ourselves, or our friends, or even our enemies, and hopefully, we'll find some answers.  Answers, however, are not always required in order to "help the world."

In this blog, I want to explore ways to do that.  I want to look at ways to answer the questions, and ways to help the world around us, and ways that even one person can make a difference.  I'll invite you to comment, and share your thoughts as I am sharing mine.  It's my hope that the discussion will generate ideas.