In my previous blog, I asked if it is wrong to try to make the wealthiest people significantly poorer in order to show that we care about the struggles of those in our society whp jave the least and struggle mightily to get through each day!
The US has always, perhaps not as much as we could, shown in an interest of the travails of those BARELY making it! We work to make sure that such individuals get what they, bottom line, must have to survive! It is so right to ask ourselves often, " What can we do to make the lives of these people better?"
Yet, The issue seems to be " Have we lost hope that we can improve the lives of the people who struggle the most in our nation?" If we believe this to be true, What is the basis for us seeing this as reality?
Do people still not have dreams? Does technology allow people access to more people and give them more ways to share their hopes and dreams with others? Doesn't a strong commitment to improving yourself and working hard to make it so produce results? Do people still start companies? It is entirely possible tthat is MORE difficult to get from the gutter to the penthouse
Yet, Difficult and tough truly is NOT in any way the same as impossible as it it CAN!!!! NOT!!! transpire! It does not mean " Let's encourage you to accept where you are AT PRESENT because any efforts to improve yourself in a significant and lasting way!" . If this is validly true, Them you are asking people to cripple themselves by accepting what does not need to be accepted, to accept what can be changed!
Some say that certain people like to have people dismiss hope as a possibility because it allows those very people to look to at the proclaimers of " reality" as the ones who are their vital advocates and apostles. They will insure that those who cannot better themselves will still be "properly provided" for.
Yes, There are some people who are born with conditions that limit themselves so physically and/ or mentally that they are dependent on the kindness and support of others!Only the totally lacking of conscience will ever argue that they should either survive or not serve on their own. In fact, We, as a nation, are never going to be the kind to ever watch people starve and needlessly suffer.
However, Don't we all agree, as principle that people do best when they practice the habit of doing all that they can for themselves? When we run into those who've never learned how to do this or who have long forgotten how to do this, We need to support them as we teach or re-teach the struggling man or woman to do the maximum they can for themselves/
So, Haranguing the well-doers is just a temper tantrum action and a mis-placed act of mollification. An ethic of encouraging everyone to strive to do their best allows us all to seek to attain the very best that each of us is capable of attaining!
- Johnny -
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