Reply #22: You are not worthless. [View All]

[Arianrhod]

Please do not fall prey to the American delusion that having money is the only valuable thing a person has to offer society. In fact, unless that money is given away, it doesn't contribute anything at all. So paradoxically, the truth is that the true contribution is to have nothing, but to funnel everything.

I also struggled with poverty, watching my children starve and living on the streets. I also grew up in a right-wing Fundamentalist environment. I am manic-depressive and have arthritis in my spine. These things can be debilitating, or they can be a springboard to something else. I have chosen to make them a springboard.

I empathize with your difficult situation, but I won't demean you by pretending to know what you should do about it. Only you can find the correct answer, because only you know what you really need and really want, and what options genuinely exist for you. But I am more than willing to act as a sounding board, to listen, to suggest, to support, if you like. Because those things are a contribution, too. :)