a pause for a passionate cause

I was having a discussion about what a very dear friend of mine does for a living.

My friend is a "fixer"...

He does a lot of things, but more often than not, one can find him buried in a deal that he is doing that will enable him to do good works. For the good of people. It's not about the bottom line or lining his pockets, his concern is that he's helping the defenseless, weak and down-trodden. That is the culmination of his life's work - the driving force...making money is only the means to an end...

Don't get me wrong - he enjoys the comforts of an easy life as much as the next person, but he can't in all good conscience ignore what goes on in the world...he can't silence the voices...he can't quiet what he feels...

Billions of dollars have been poured into this so called "war on terrorism" and yet millions of people around the globe are still starving to death. We still have people living on the streets and there are thousands of children in Canada and the US going to bed hungry at night because they live below the poverty level despite their parents working full time or 2 or 3 jobs.

I'm passionate about his cause - not simply because of what he means to me, but because it is the right thing to do.