Haiti, and the global response to the disaster there, is one of the better examples of what happens when we rise above self-interest and act out of compassion.

That compassion always gets a hard second look after any disaster, as the first blush of the need to simply “do something” begins to give way to the realization of the enormity of what needs to be done.

That’s okay. Every time we act as one, no matter how imperfectly, we learn something. We’re just a little bit better able to cooperate, a little more efficient in our repsonse; our governments a little less wary of each other, and our politicians a little less partisan.

I’ve added a new poll – do you think the governments of the world, in responding to the Haitian catastrophe, will learn anything about the value of cooperation?

Let me know what you think.




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