Do you skim by here and glance at what is posted and keep going? Does this seem too far removed from you to care? Read the poem on the sidebar. It could be you. Never say never. Have you ever looked away from a homeless person, ashamed and embarrassed for him? How close are you to being homeless? If you missed one paycheck, could you survive? What if you missed two? How far away from poverty are you?
With gas prices rising and food a close second in expense, do you think of a hungry child who does not know what it is like to walk into a store and buy what it needed to survive one more day? You eat most things because they taste good. We are an obese nation filling our pie holes with junk, never thinking about those who have huge bellies, not from over stuffing but from not eating at all.
We whine as a nation about rising prices and believe me it is with grave concern that we do it. How rich we are that we can buy even a pack of bologna for our lunch.
Imagine if you ate at most once a day. Try to feel your belly not just pinching with hunger, but a gnawing aching hunger. For a small bowl of chad, a type of grain that is cooked onto a thick porridge like meal.
How much food is not eaten at your table. Americans have the attitude that they can just buy more. Not a problem. Look at your daily habits. I know you say you cannot send any money to charities like UNICEF, Amnesty USA and IRC. You can just make ends meet. Am I right?
Look very hard at that piece of bread with one bite gone that is being thrown away. Look at the milk that is going down your drain, just a couple of swallows, right? Now put a monetary figure on what you throw away every day. Buy less. So simple. Eat only what you can eat. The money you are saving may only be five dollars. I wish every family in the world would give just five dollars. What a difference we could make.
Did you catch that? We.
Please, please take just 5 minutes out of your busy day and visit these sites. Please take 5 minutes to sign and send a letter to your Congressman, five minutes to give a little of yourself. 5 minutes to see what these fine organizations are doing to make a difference in someone’s life. 5 minutes to show that you care.
http://www.unicef.org/index.php
http://www.amnestyusa.org/about-us/our-successes/page.do?id=1011281&n1=2&n2=17
http://www.amnestyusa.org/index.html
http://www.theirc.org/special-report/darfur-growing-violence.html
http://www.refugeesinternational.org/
