It's Blog Action Day, and the word of the day is: Poverty. Something that is approaching a little too close to my life lately.
Granted, I have a house to live in. I even have a backup location to flee too if need be. I have food in my refrigerator, I have a positive balance in my bank account, a bed, and clean clothes to wear to the job that I still have.
Heck, I even still have a pittance in my 401(k).
What I don't have is any extra money. NONE. I used to sponsor a child through World Vision but I just can't afford that right now. Well, I could if I weren't so shallow and didn't buy things for myself. But sadly, I am shallow and consider my sanity a more pressing matter than the welfare of others. Especially others I can't see. It's a failing that I apparently share with lots of people. That doesn't make it any better, but it makes it easier to live with.
I do wonder sometimes wonder why drugs and prison were allowed to replace interfering with people's lives for the better. Instead, we have to wait for people to fall so low they'll take any hand up. How are we supposed to break the cycle of poverty? And don't say education, because public school education - the kind that impoverished neighborhoods get, anyway - is beyond worthless. Everyone else is educated, but they aren't learning the important lessons about caring for your neighbor - even the ones you can't see.
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