4C,
Great post! And great thinking as well.
Many times it is easy for us to judge others, because we are not in their position.
It is not necessary that one is not hard working, or not willing to work hard - it can be circumstances as well.
Say there is a hardworking and a self reliant farmer, who works hard to till the land, and provide for his family. What happens if there is no rains for 3 years? He has borrowed money from a money lender, and his land is confisticated. Are there no examples of this.? Or if the farmer falls ill, or has a major medical problem, coupled with say no rains in his village. He sells his jewellery, his land finally. And is now on the road.
It is not that everybody who is poor has not tried to work. Who will provide work.? We have tens of thousands of people coming to the city of Mumbai from villages, living on the streets, and looking for work. Without an address, a document or proper identity who is going to give them jobs?
We can spout wisdom easily because of where we are... I had read the philosophy of Ayn Rand while in college and was very much impressed by it. It states that man is responsible for him/herself. But it is not always the case - there are circumstances that may get a person on the street.
Forget about our country. What has happened even in the US with the sub prime crisis and shift of manufacturing jobs - it has got decent, hardworking folks, out of their houses and into the streets.
In the west there is social security - what about the poor here. Much of what the benefits are -in the paper only. Unless one pays bribes, they will even not get their dues and rights.
Not to say that there are some people who do not try to go the easy way out, but if one had a decent start - education, job and a decent life to look forward to, no body would be willing to exchange that to a life of begging.
Great post! And great thinking as well.
Many times it is easy for us to judge others, because we are not in their position.
It is not necessary that one is not hard working, or not willing to work hard - it can be circumstances as well.
Say there is a hardworking and a self reliant farmer, who works hard to till the land, and provide for his family. What happens if there is no rains for 3 years? He has borrowed money from a money lender, and his land is confisticated. Are there no examples of this.? Or if the farmer falls ill, or has a major medical problem, coupled with say no rains in his village. He sells his jewellery, his land finally. And is now on the road.
It is not that everybody who is poor has not tried to work. Who will provide work.? We have tens of thousands of people coming to the city of Mumbai from villages, living on the streets, and looking for work. Without an address, a document or proper identity who is going to give them jobs?
We can spout wisdom easily because of where we are... I had read the philosophy of Ayn Rand while in college and was very much impressed by it. It states that man is responsible for him/herself. But it is not always the case - there are circumstances that may get a person on the street.
Forget about our country. What has happened even in the US with the sub prime crisis and shift of manufacturing jobs - it has got decent, hardworking folks, out of their houses and into the streets.
In the west there is social security - what about the poor here. Much of what the benefits are -in the paper only. Unless one pays bribes, they will even not get their dues and rights.
Not to say that there are some people who do not try to go the easy way out, but if one had a decent start - education, job and a decent life to look forward to, no body would be willing to exchange that to a life of begging.
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Every poor is not poor because if choice. Agreed there are lazy people which has led them to poverty.
There are people who just do not know what to do because they are lack guidence or are uneducated or with less IQ. There may be poor who must have faced a crisis in personal life from which they are unable to come out, there may be others who are fed up of life, run away from home or thrown out /abandoned... there are others who believe they are making more money begging then working for some one.....there may be many such reasons.
What ever the reasons.
But have you all wondered ...what if every body on earth was a millioner? Who would be the next poor person or below poverty line?
A rich has his/her identity because there are people who are less wealty then them. If there were no pauper below then who wolud have been the immediate one?
So be grateful there are some poor souls around and if possible help them with what ever little you can.
" Be honost to youself. If you are trying hard to show to others that you honest
then you are being dishonest to yourself"
Every poor is not poor because if choice. Agreed there are lazy people which has led them to poverty.
There are people who just do not know what to do because they are lack guidence or are uneducated or with less IQ. There may be poor who must have faced a crisis in personal life from which they are unable to come out, there may be others who are fed up of life, run away from home or thrown out /abandoned... there are others who believe they are making more money begging then working for some one.....there may be many such reasons.
What ever the reasons.
But have you all wondered ...what if every body on earth was a millioner? Who would be the next poor person or below poverty line?
A rich has his/her identity because there are people who are less wealty then them. If there were no pauper below then who wolud have been the immediate one?
So be grateful there are some poor souls around and if possible help them with what ever little you can.
" Be honost to youself. If you are trying hard to show to others that you honest
then you are being dishonest to yourself"
