poverty
think for 1 minute about the difficulty and hardship of ppl living in poverty. i'm not here to spew out loads of self-righteous crap about how hard or difficult it is for poverty stricken ppl to live through each day.
more worldly ppl tend to say, well, fight against poverty is all good but i got to feed my self and my family, if i don't take care of my own shit ain't nobody else gonna do it for me..... and i totally agree with that, how can u help others when u can't help uself? but, and its a big BUT, i also don't agree that we should hide behind these excuses (no matter how valid they are), yes get wat u want and need but also think about how we can help others.
i'm not goin to criticize ppl on how they spend their money on luxury when it can be put to better use else where, we are only human, it is how we are, there is no point in denying our god-given nature. i do not see one person better than another if he/she choose to give money to charity instead of buying sports car or expensive jewelry. its every1's choice, i think we should try to understand instead of to judge, judgin has never gotten us anywhere. we can only hope to inspire and raise awareness of who ever we can, and hope against hope that mayb we can make a difference in the world. even if not in our time, but mayb someday.
i have given this some serious thoughts, here's wat i plan to do, first i'm gonna get rich, and then start my own company and once i have expanded it to a decent size, i'll focus the company into pro-bono work for third world countries, mayb improve infrastructures, better drainage systems, better access to water supplies. even just to provide better access to basic needs. in some poverty stricken countries ppl need to walk half a day just to get fresh water for their family, if we can make it easier for them to do that, they can have more time to either spend it wif their family or spend the time in better pursuit, i just think everybody should be allow to spend time wif their family and loved ones, no one should be denied the simplest pleasure in life, even though it happens all the time.
mayb some ppl will think i'm some deranged, self-righteous asshole, they're probably right and i cant change how ppl see me, sometime u don't need a reason to not like somebody, u not liking them is a reason enough to not liking some1 already. all we can do is just push on.
more worldly ppl tend to say, well, fight against poverty is all good but i got to feed my self and my family, if i don't take care of my own shit ain't nobody else gonna do it for me..... and i totally agree with that, how can u help others when u can't help uself? but, and its a big BUT, i also don't agree that we should hide behind these excuses (no matter how valid they are), yes get wat u want and need but also think about how we can help others.
i'm not goin to criticize ppl on how they spend their money on luxury when it can be put to better use else where, we are only human, it is how we are, there is no point in denying our god-given nature. i do not see one person better than another if he/she choose to give money to charity instead of buying sports car or expensive jewelry. its every1's choice, i think we should try to understand instead of to judge, judgin has never gotten us anywhere. we can only hope to inspire and raise awareness of who ever we can, and hope against hope that mayb we can make a difference in the world. even if not in our time, but mayb someday.
i have given this some serious thoughts, here's wat i plan to do, first i'm gonna get rich, and then start my own company and once i have expanded it to a decent size, i'll focus the company into pro-bono work for third world countries, mayb improve infrastructures, better drainage systems, better access to water supplies. even just to provide better access to basic needs. in some poverty stricken countries ppl need to walk half a day just to get fresh water for their family, if we can make it easier for them to do that, they can have more time to either spend it wif their family or spend the time in better pursuit, i just think everybody should be allow to spend time wif their family and loved ones, no one should be denied the simplest pleasure in life, even though it happens all the time.
mayb some ppl will think i'm some deranged, self-righteous asshole, they're probably right and i cant change how ppl see me, sometime u don't need a reason to not like somebody, u not liking them is a reason enough to not liking some1 already. all we can do is just push on.
posted by dodge at 12:53 PM
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That would absolutely be great if u could aspire and focus your ambitions to achieve that. I can't say for myself at the moment coz my needs right now are focused totally on my family and my family itself. No matter how selfish I sound, i know its for the best I dont think about helping others yet. I myself am not grounded.
like i said man, i try to understand, i dont judge, and i think i understand ur situation enough to say taht wat u do is nothing close to being selfish. and also like i said man, u gotta take care of ur own stuff before everything else, one drowning man can't save another drowning man. =)
*nodding in agreement*
hopefully people will be at the river bank to stretch out their arms to save me as well as the other drowning one. Can't leave us both to suffer a dire fate. Pun intended.
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