O.K., this, for me, is a hard one. But it’s important. I’ve pondered it for a long time. Actually, there’s two parts to this. The first is, how do I get this out to the world? It’s a Monument for Humanity, right? And we’re all over this wonderful planet, so how do I get this out to people in South America, Asia, Africa, all the Islands, Europe and USA? Just to get the idea out there where people can see it, to see if it resonates, if people (we) think this is something worth pursuing because we now, with how the pandemic has united the whole world, are beginning to understand what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said a long time ago. That we’re all in the same boat now. That this thing of the Climate Change, Pollution and Corruption is affecting all of us and we’re all responsible. We, the “small” people, can’t really do anything about the Climate Change. That’s sort of up to the large corporations-industries. But the pollution we can work on. There’s much work being done already to address these issues. But on a personal level, a lot more can be done. And the Corruption, the way I see it, isn’t really about the corruption of the governments. That’s as old as the world. Used to be called “you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours”. How, basically, things get done. The Corruption I was thinking of is the corruption of our thinking, of our seeing things. Where all the “ism’s” come from. Our perception that Women are second class citizens. That Blacks aren’t human. That if you’re poor, you don’t count. That money makes you right… It goes on and on, even though it doesn’t make any sense. We have been around for a very long time, and technologically we’re very advanced, but somehow we’re still pretty much barbarians when it comes to our humanity. So how to get this out to the world? I was thinking that if these ideas resonate with you and you know somebody who lives in another part of the world, send them a link to HOTWU.org. And if they like it they could send it on. Maybe this is good?
The second part of this is the money. To build this Monument could cost around 20 million dollars. Maybe more. I know. It’s scary. I catch my self thinking “who the hell do I think I am?”. But you know what? We can do it! I’ve been working with this idea for over 30 years. Amazing things happen. And what’s pretty interesting, is that the hyper rich people build amazing things, right? A hotel for three billion dollars! That’s pretty crazy. A lot of really expensive things are being created, all for the good. But we, the “small” people don’t really get to build anything on a grand scale. Not for ourselves, but for everybody. As a not for profit physical statement of what we believe and are striving for. There’s 8 billion of us! And so if 20 million of us contributed a dollar there it’d be. 20 million out of 8 billion is but a drop in the bucket, no? So even this part seems do-able. I shall write grant applications, but I’m really curious to see where we, the people, are with this Idea.
