November 14, 2007

  • What to say, I can worry over my life, but compared to many others, I've got it pretty good.

    So confusing this world, the haves and have nots, and the great distance between them.

    On one side, there are people who can freely buy yachts, aircraft, vacation villas, apartments in Paris and Manhattan, wearing nothing but haute couture

    Then there are people who have no clue if they will eat today, wearing nothing but rags, and certainly never even taking a coach class plane ride.

    Of course most of us are in between somewhere, of course those of us who have means to a computer have some leg up already.

    I guess I have a home that I own, its small, but hey I'm the only occupant, I have more food than I need to eat, I worry about how to eat less and maybe lose weight.  I'm typing my blog, and listening to my iPod, and technically I'm at work, (a break I enjoy)  I have a car and can travel to about any place I'd like.  I'm not going first class, and my wardrobe is mostly sales at the mall. 

    For all that I have, somehow I got conditioned to still feel inadequate, whether that is a human trait or part of the American consumer culture, dont know.  I live in a corner of the world where abundance is in your face, and its easy to see all that you dont have.  Easy to feel like a failure, what did I do wrong to not have that!?  Why can I only have a small one bedroom, when they can afford a house with a pool, and a nicer car than me, and they are younger than me! 

    Hmm, but then the poorer folk live here too, struggling to pay the rent, unable to have health insurance, driving a car that might break any moment, but needing to last another year or more, skipping a meal for lack of money.

    Guess I'm doing ok, I'm getting by and slowly edging up.

    I'm rambling now, so I'll stop there.

Comments (2)

  • I always say that most of us in the U.S. are blessed in that we have indoor plumbing, we have heat and airconditioning, we have food to eat and shelter.  That being said, the growing gap is a huge problem because any country can't afford the feeling that some are allowed to succeed while others are not.  Some have insurance while others don't.

  • Great post! I don't have much eihter, but I live comfotably within my means and am pretty much glad that life is going pretty good for me as well. Thx for a great post...

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