So many conflicts nowadays between what is morally correct and what works for us. A great example = Obama’s healthcare plan. It sounds like a great thing- free health care for families who otherwise couldn’t afford to have it. No doubt, it would bring great relief to those families- being able to go see a doctor when they were sick, being able to have medicine. It’s sounds so nice. But then, who’s paying for it? We are; through taxes. And the second people hear that we are paying for it; then oh no, denied. Can today’s people really afford to pay extra taxes right now? Will it just create a cycle? People who haven’t already filed for bankruptcy or asked for government help are barely meetings ends right now; and the addition of extra taxes might tip them over. but at least you get free healthcare!

If I put together all the change I’ve given to street men over my life time so far, I’ve probably doled out about $100. I give out quarters man, no pennies and nickels here. And I remember seeing the hands extended out of the car windows, holding out dollar bills and change for the man or woman silently begging for help. These men and women are still there; maybe even children? And the hands have stopped coming out of the car windows.

It breaks my heart, when I see a family staying at the same park, everyday, all day, kids playing, parents just sitting and watching. Then at night, they shuffle off to a church for a warm place to sleep at night. These people are our fellow human beings; is it not in our DNA to help each other when help is needed? We say “times are hard for us. They’re hard for us? What about them? If we’re too busy watching our own backs, does that mean we’ve become the hard, selfish, callous people that we’ve always criticized?

“I would never ever be like that.”

We already are. :(