The Challenge of Caring
The problem with being a “result-driven” society, is that we only believe in things that “work.” That’s the challenge non-profits and caring people have to face.
If a lawyer wins a case, he succeeds. It works.
But non-profits don’t function the same way. Their definition of success is different. Many successful non-profits are still fighting poverty, diseases, and many other issues. Maybe they always will.
That’s why they don’t share the glamour other industries have.
Just because a single person or organization can’t achieve complete eradication of the problems they focus on, does that mean that they have failed? Of course not, but society won’t reward them the same way they’ll reward “successful” people.
People who want to change the world don’t care about glamour.
They don’t care if it “doesn’t make sense.”
They don’t care if they “fail.”
It’s not just about results.
It’s about peace of mind.
They can sleep well knowing that it doesn’t have to work.
It has to matter.
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