A Time for Charity

The economy is not doing so well. We all know this. It would be near impossible for someone to have been living in America for the past year, month, or even day and not realize that all is not well. A few years ago our main concerns as a nation were national security and education, scientific advancement and endangered species, terrorists and fighting disease. Now all of those incredibly important things have taken a back seat to one thing and one thing only: money.

All sense of the greater good and of achievement is thrown out the window when our very livelihood is at stake. When the economy came crashing down, charities and non-profits and goodwill went crashing down as well. Instead of spending time promoting Parkinson’s disease awareness, time must be spent looking for a job or supplemental income. Instead of spending money to feed and clothe a needy child, money must be scrimped and saved. As a result, all of our efforts for the needy, the hungry, the planet, and the unsafe that were at the forefront of our minds for so long are now folded up neatly in a box and stored in the attic for another day and time.

So what can we do? Do we simply shake our heads and get back to the job hunt? No matter how down and out we feel right now, we must remember that there are still those less fortunate than ourselves. Maybe we do not have enough time to spend a whole weekend volunteering, but we can spend an hour. Maybe we do not have enough money to adopt an acre of the rainforest, but we can still throw some change in the collection boxes. We here at Five Point Capital know that times are tough and that times are scary, but we also have the utmost faith in our fellow mankind to do the right thing. We know that as a nation we can help one another through this and not neglect the greater good that we had once worked so hard for.