“I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and save the world. You sent money to the Red Cross, you registered people to vote, you marched in rallies, stood in vigils, picked up litter.”
Anne Lamott
Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith
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