[GiraffeNecktie]

"There is genuine suffering in the world that it is important to do something about"

You're right. But as the Buddhists say "Start where you are." How are you going to address all the suffering in the world if you can't address the suffering in your own heart or your own home? I would even say that, for some people at least, their frantic efforts to fix the world outside are simply a way of avoiding dealing with the world inside.

And it is certainly true that efforts to bring peace are probably more effective when they come from people who are living in peace with themselves.