Friday, February 09, 2007

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:

At 6:33 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

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

 
At 3:27 AM, Blogger MO said...

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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