Does anyone else see a problem with these two pictures? One person is about to completely destroy his stomach with a pizza big enough to feed a small village all to get his name and a picture on the wall of food contest fame; the other people are starving to death because there isn't enough food to go around.

Now the land of plenty doesn't just apply to America, and the land of starvation does not exist just in Africa. We have people who are dying from eating too much food while others starve. Where is our sense of compassion? When did we start viewing life with such a selfish viewpoint, ignoring others? I'm not saying that you have to box up your leftovers to send them to hungry people but there are things you can do.

Fight hunger in your local community. Work at the local food shelter. Work with restaurants about them giving their leftover food to the local shelter - or better yet work with your state representatives to write legislation that gives a tax break to restaurants that donate food. Eat only the amount of food you need. Work with nonprofits that you believe in and volunteer some of your time to serve others. Food inequality may always be a problem, but we can close the gap. We can go love our brothers and sisters, and if love motivating our actions nothing will stand in our way.