Question of the day…
Why is it so much harder for a rich man to give than it is for a poor man?
The other day I saw this lady give a bowl of rice to a beggar. And he turned around and split it with another guy. Here is a guy whose possessions consist of the clothes on his back and he gladly gave half of his meal to someone else. HALF! Yet there is a man wearing a $1,500 suit and $200 shoes who lives in a $500,000 house and has 3 cars and a boat walking down the street with $300 cash in his pocket and cannot manage to give the change in his pocket (not half his cash, not half of the food in his house, not 1 of his 3 cars, just the dimes weighing his pockets down) to a homeless man on the street. Why is that?
2 Comments:
One of the best things about your Peace Corps experience is how it forces you to look at your own country in a new light. In my two years over there as a PCV I learned more about myself and the good ole USA than I did about Burkina Faso.
Keep your observational skills honed.
don RPCV
Good question. Maybe the homeless can relate to a fellow homeless and the rich lives in a different world? Not everyone has a giving heart maybe?
Don't know.. Are you really looking for answer to this?...
Social problem VS Social Status...:)
Take care demoiselle et ne sois plus malade.. On a besoin de toi !!!
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