Reply #177: Been there...I didn't like it. [View All]

[LeftHander]

And I was dreadfully poor for a long time. Then I made a a good living for a few years and again became poor again. Now I am living light...

And I fully expect to be unemployed again at any time.

But it didn't make me bitter and selfish. I still helped my friends and neighbors and in return they helped me without even asking.

I don't think you are a bigot. But I do think you are bitter and that is sad. Becasue being bitter...is... well.... a bitter pill to swallow.

I know how you feel. It is very hard to keep from displacing anger onto others. But you should try.

We can be angry. But not at innocent people who have come to this country with nothing but a strong desire to make their lives better. To survive.

We can't hold ourselves above others and blame them for our own misfortunes in life when those had nothing directly to do with our situation.

We move on. Like the pioneers did. They survived by leaning on each other. I think you can too.

Our nation has grown so cold and callous. We have fogotten how to reach out to people. To ask for help and to even give help. This world is a hard and beautiful place. The only way any of us will truely survive is to help one another in any way we can. Locking people up, declaring entire housholds criminals and removing them from society does not solve anything.

The only special favors you will get is when you ask a neighbor for help and help a nieghbor in return.