Yesterday was Blog Action Day. I did a couple of posts over at my writing blog, TheGoldenPencil, including one I titled The Day After…
It got me remembering again that I have never ever expereinced anything like true poverty. Sure, I’ve underearned and made a bunch of stupid decisions about money, but the truth also is I’ve never:
- been hungry
- not had a roof over my house
- been without heat when it was cold
- been without medical care when I’ve really needed it
- had to wear clothes with holes in them
- had to go barefoot because I didn’t have shoes
- had to decide between feeding myself or my cats
Most of us in the United States, and, in fact, the so-called western world, have never experienced true deprivation.
I made a contribution to Heifer today. What are you going to do to end poverty?
