Seemingly little things have been bothering me lately. Little comments, little actions, little things that just should bug me. And I had a little mini epiphany about why, just now, so I'm blogging before going to bed.
In this economy, an economy where we just may see the end of capitalism as we know it, and economy that has people running in a dozen directions trying to make ends meet, an economy that has us requiring a lot for a little, we need to circle our wagons.
Communities need to come together. By communities I don't mean just the neighborhood you live in. I mean any group of people you happen to belong to. If a school does a food drive, perhaps they should find a way to get those items to families whose children attend that school first, as opposed to donating in general to a pantry. If a member of your reading group is unemployed, why not offer to bring hand me down clothes to fit her kids instead of dropping them off to Goodwill. If a child has used up all of their account money at school and the parents still can't/won't pay, why not send home an application for a free lunch (even though you may have done that already), just in case the family needs it.
Most importantly, why not give people the benefit of the doubt. People are stressed, hungry, tired, cranky, stinky, sick, bored, overworked, and underpaid. Kindness goes even further when there's a shortage of it. Unfortunately the same doesn't go for money.
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