Riches to Rags

CNN has finally wrote a story that really matters. The story talks about a lady that went from 70k a year to the food bank in about 2 months. Whether CNN knows it or not this had been happening a lot longer than just recently. Americans have been suffering far longer, and it is not just the housing slump that is causing it. There are homeless children, adults, families. People are getting evicted from their homes, people are starving. But yet, that is not news.

I understand that people are suppose to help themselves. But sometimes people are put in a position where they cannot do anything and their hands are tied. And when they get there, it is pretty hard to get out of that position. Unless they have the help of others.

Recently I read a blog where a person was talking about how blessed they were, and that they was reminded everytime they walk by a homeless person. Later they talked about how much they paid for one cup of coffee. That person did not mean anything by it and for some it may not be a big deal. But it proves my point about our mindset here. We are willing to admit how blessed we are, but are we willing to bless others. How many of you that are self employed would hire a homeless person to work in your business? Or would take five minutes out of your day to try and talk to someone that has a problem, and see if there is anything you can do to help them out?

America is not the only country, there are a lot of counties that are worse than we are. But it is the people that could do things to help others. There is nothing wrong with owning a vineyard, but you should always leave a few grapes in the vineyard for those in need.