It must be “nice” to
have all the time in the world to get involved with the “calls for actions,” protests and political campaigns. But for a lot of us, it is another story… we are
just trying to make ends meet each and
every week. And we certainly don’t
have the time, luxury nor the bank account to deal with all the crazy things
that are going on and especially what is coming out of Washington these days. It is getting quite confusing… to say the least.
And to make matters sound worst is the reality that the lives of
people continue to be held in the balance and used as pawns. For those who live below the poverty line,
dealing with a long term illness, disability, unemployment, incarceration, mental
health crisis or a drug addiction…life is
as real as it can get. All the big talk or hot air and political
posturing is not working for those who are looking forward to improving the
quality of their lives. If you can feel
what I am saying!
It easy to talk when all your bills are paid, enjoying a good
paying job with benefits, live in a nice house in a great neighborhood, go on a
vacation or two each year, drive a new car and can retire in style. But talk is cheap when the shoe is on the
other foot and things are not going so well.
If fact, the one remaining shoe is on a “bananas peel” and it can go at any time.
What is so puzzling to me is that the needs and the voices of
those who suffer in “silence” are
going unheard. They are being ignored by
those who have been elected to serve for them.
And it is ashamed that what we see unfolding is going in a different
direction than what we were told. What
ordinary people need who are caught up in an economic freefall is some relief,
an opportunity or second chance. As the
old saying goes… “If I only knew than
what I know now…I would have made
another choice.” Now where is that button?
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