 morgainelefaye says: Don't miss all the additions in the comments either. Feel good clip of the day.  been there, done that...lived every line. Amen, Amen, DizzyDezzy. Being Poor means choosing food and begging family for money so your child won't cry because Santa forgot them but remembered their friends at school. When my husband was medically discharged no one would hire him. We went 3 years of this struggle. I remember being poor well. Now that we're not there, I try to help others. I truly believe what you put out, comes back threefold and I raise my daughter to believe that as well. We ate so much no name nasty Mac and Cheese that now that we but Kraft, I honesty cannot stand the taste of it anymore. I can't. Same with Jelly, hot dogs, bologna, etc... This modified list is better than the complete source list. I think everyone has lived on ramen at some point OMG...it breaks my heart to think that millions of people have to live like this and WORSE even, if you can even call it living. It's more surviving, than living. I've been there and done all that too and I have an addition that just killed me when I was kid: Being poor is never getting to go to birthday parties, because you can't afford to bring a gift. Being poor means living with an underlying societal belief that you deserve it. And viewing road kill as a Sunday roast... And always having the same hair style as your sister, because your Mum cuts your hair. Sheesh! This is getting depressing! And viewing road kill as a Sunday roast...Really? Not in the city. Needless to say, I grew up in a VERY rural area. Oh, I could expand the poor list indefinitely, I reckon! This clip has brought back a lot of memories and not all them good. Thank God, (for ME at least) all these things are in the past. I actually never set foot in a hairdressing salon till I moved away from home and to this day, I STILL regard this a very big luxury and I still feel extremely "rich" and privileged every time I go. I don't think that will ever change. Being poor as a kid sure teaches you humility, thankfulness and generosity when you grow up. Being poor can mean choosing between being sick or being hungry. Being poor can mean homelessness, joblessness, and helplessness. Being poor is global. Being poor is personal. Hurricane Katrina revealed poverty that had been hidden. But regardless of the weather, there are millions of poor Americans that are homeless and jobless. Unfortunately, the news is often biased toward negative stereotypes of the poor. If we see a media that is captivated toward a natural disaster, our support is swift. If we see people sleeping in alleys, then they become invisible or worse yet, a nuisance. There is a need for heightened awareness of poverty on a local, national, and global scale. Poverty s... Being poor means not having to ask someone what the blues are. Le moyen le plus efficace de rendre les pauvres inoffensifs est de leur apprendre à vouloir imiter les riches. Right on....this brought back some really sour memories. Le moyen le plus efficace de rendre les pauvres inoffensifs est de leur apprendre à vouloir imiter les riches.Interesting comment and certainly a departure from the tenor of the rest of the comments. One thing I take from this comment is the tenuous ground that we stand on in making any comment about being poor. Some of us may have grown-up poor, but sure as hell we aint poor anymore. Not if we are typing away on the internet. Any thoughts? I agree. Just having a roof over heads makes us rich compared to millions of other people around the world. Poverty is relative. But then again poverty doesn't have to have anything to do with money or the wish to emulate the "rich". It has to do with being happy, being healthy and being able to sustain oneself and ones family under the circumstances one finds oneself in. I'm sure the tribal cultures of the Amazon or the Masai Mara feel rich, even though they may not have to cents to their name. I can relate to all of it the best one is the maccaronni abd cheese on the floor thanks all,Shaggy Any Thoughts ?Qu'ajouter ? Nous sommes au temps du capitalisme : ce dernier met le savoir de la science au poste de commande, exploite la structure du sujet désirant pour lui faire croire que la science fabriquera l'objet de jouissance qui lui manque et qu'il pourra le cueillir sur le marché "sans le secours d'aucun lien établi". Ce faisant, le sujet de l'acte, celui de la démocratie (...) se transforme en individu qui risque de confondre plus-value ou n'importe quel objet du marché avec la cause du désir. D'où le fait que Jacques Lacan ne parle pas toujours de malaise dans la civilisation mais d'impasse de la civilisation. Le suicide d... I got a tooth ache...right now...Im living off IB profin till I get some money or a credit card.. I cant wait to get it pulled...On the bright side at least its not a front one I agree. Just having a roof over heads makes us rich compared to millions of other people around the world. Poverty is relative. I agree. Just having a roof over heads makes us rich compared to millions of other people around the world. Poverty is relative.A great book to illistrate this would be "Mutant Message Down Under" by Marlo Morgan, 1995, ISBN 0-06-072351-3 Its a good read and it might be at your local library. I read it in one sitting and that is unusal for me. |
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