JewelFreak
Ideal_Rock
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- Sep 3, 2009
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Nobody WANTS to do with less. The old saying: "I've been rich & I've been poor. Rich is better."
My sister was really poor for years, as in, not knowing where the next meal was coming from. It was tough on her & family, to say the least. But they still had lots of good times & she brought up 2 very terrific kids; they are an extremely close family even now that things are okay.
I've never been that poor, but had times when I could pay essential bills & n.o.t.h.i.n.g. extra. It wasn't fun & for a long time I aspired to lotsa moolah; never got that, but we were comfortable. Then the quake of '89 hit when we lived in San Francisco. The house was shook up, some of my nicest things broken, but we were all ok. A clean wind blew through my head -- I realized how valueless stuff is. It won't pat you on the head when you're sad or rock on the porch w/you when you're old & rickety. I've never felt the same about Things since.
Having traveled through a lot of the world in my job, mostly with natives as natives travel & live, I also realize how incredibly spoiled we are. It's more than a cliche. Reliable hot water & plumbing, reliable water at all. Toilet paper. Ability to go out without fear of being blown up. Until you experience it, you have no idea how so much of the world exists.
--- Laurie
My sister was really poor for years, as in, not knowing where the next meal was coming from. It was tough on her & family, to say the least. But they still had lots of good times & she brought up 2 very terrific kids; they are an extremely close family even now that things are okay.
I've never been that poor, but had times when I could pay essential bills & n.o.t.h.i.n.g. extra. It wasn't fun & for a long time I aspired to lotsa moolah; never got that, but we were comfortable. Then the quake of '89 hit when we lived in San Francisco. The house was shook up, some of my nicest things broken, but we were all ok. A clean wind blew through my head -- I realized how valueless stuff is. It won't pat you on the head when you're sad or rock on the porch w/you when you're old & rickety. I've never felt the same about Things since.
Having traveled through a lot of the world in my job, mostly with natives as natives travel & live, I also realize how incredibly spoiled we are. It's more than a cliche. Reliable hot water & plumbing, reliable water at all. Toilet paper. Ability to go out without fear of being blown up. Until you experience it, you have no idea how so much of the world exists.
--- Laurie