I would be hard not to be moved by the recent reports from Haiti. Nature wakes up for less than a minute and thousands killed, more made destitute, infrastructure shattered and governments, no matter how good or bad, rendered impotent. I had hoped that when the Boxing Day Tsunami struck a few years ago that there would be a real change in the relationships between developed and developing economies, but it would appear not. Once again the stop stops and stares and doesn’t know what to do, it takes time for the sleeping giant to roll over and take real notice. But what will happen when this event slips from the front pages? I fear the world will simply slip back into its old ways where the relentless pursuit of money tops so many agendas. But what does it gain us if we gain the world and lose our souls? Oh there is nothing wrong with money in and of itself – it is inert it is nothing, it is what is done with it or the seeking of it that is the issue, remember it is the love of money that is the root of all evil not the money itself. I wonder if the developed economies will wake up and realise that we need to love more simply so that others in the developing economies can simply live! If you are in a developed western economy as you read this ask challenge you to ask yourself one question, what has changed in your life since the Tsunami, the Haiti earthquake and countless other floods and disasters? Be honest, probably nothing. Yet the potential collapse of the banks has had a deep impact on many people, some have lost their jobs, some have had bonuses cut and we complain. Our houses still stand, our families still safe, we enjoy a better standard of living now than ever before, even at the lower end of the economic scale. It is time for a new economic model to take hold. Capitalism is like a game of snap with everyone trying to take possession of all the cards. Command control economies (Communism) depend on good command, but that didn’t happen either – the idea was good, but soon corrupted. Why is it that companies look for increased profit year on year, simply being in profit is no longer enough they strive for excess profit. Perhaps we need to look as say enough is enough, can we simply make do with enough to ensure that other have enough too? So I encourage you not to look at Haiti as a single disconnected event it is part of a community of nations and what are the older kids doing to help the younger ones? More, can we change the playground rules so that the persistent poverty levels in India, South America and other places can actually overcome. We need an earthquake in our understanding of how the world can work and work to make it change.