Michelle M. Bradley
Mansions for the people in Floodway..
You never really get a good understanding of poverty until you've passed through a place called Floodway....
There, you'll see all sorts of different people with different pursuits, different attitudes, different likes and dislikes... They have one thing in common, though-----POVERTY...
For ordinary people with ordinary jobs who are not the least bit contented with what they have, you have to wonder----- why? Why can't one be content with eating 3 square meals a day when other people out there, near us, practically our neighbors, can't even scrounge up enough money to provide one decent meal for their families??
Why, with what we have, do we still complain on how traffic it is when we should be thankful we have a car..? Why complain about washing the dirty dishes when we've just enjoyed a full course meal? Why complain of sweeping the floor and wiping down dirt when we should be feeling lucky that we have a roof over our heads??
The people in floodway have the sewers for their water, the construction sites for their playground and the road, with its numerous vehicles passing them by, as their form of amusement.. When you really think about it, THEY are the lucky ones... They do not want and want and when they get, they don't complain... THEY are happy with what they have, whatever that may be and however small the quantity is... It is US who should be envious of them and not the other way around.. If only people, myself included, can see life from Floodway's point of view and perspective, the world would be a much happier place...
Mansions for the people in Floodway..
You never really get a good understanding of poverty until you've passed through a place called Floodway....
There, you'll see all sorts of different people with different pursuits, different attitudes, different likes and dislikes... They have one thing in common, though-----POVERTY...
For ordinary people with ordinary jobs who are not the least bit contented with what they have, you have to wonder----- why? Why can't one be content with eating 3 square meals a day when other people out there, near us, practically our neighbors, can't even scrounge up enough money to provide one decent meal for their families??
Why, with what we have, do we still complain on how traffic it is when we should be thankful we have a car..? Why complain about washing the dirty dishes when we've just enjoyed a full course meal? Why complain of sweeping the floor and wiping down dirt when we should be feeling lucky that we have a roof over our heads??
The people in floodway have the sewers for their water, the construction sites for their playground and the road, with its numerous vehicles passing them by, as their form of amusement.. When you really think about it, THEY are the lucky ones... They do not want and want and when they get, they don't complain... THEY are happy with what they have, whatever that may be and however small the quantity is... It is US who should be envious of them and not the other way around.. If only people, myself included, can see life from Floodway's point of view and perspective, the world would be a much happier place...