I am extremely disappointed in those around me. Whether they be friends, coworkers, family, etc. I've been fundraising for the Relay for Life since March. In the past 3 months, I've collected $20.00. I've literally contacted thousands of people through emails, bulletins, phone calls, invites, blog postings, face to face contact, etc. I've collected $20.00. That is pathetic! I'm so disappointed.
I've gotten sad story after sad story about this and that and the gas prices and the economy and people losing their jobs. I too am effected by ALL of these things! I am aware of what's going on in the economy today. I work with people and their money EVERY day! What sickens me is that WE all have the money to survive and live.
It's ALL the money that we ALL waste! I see it every day. I work with people on budgeting and expenses. We are a country of gluttony and greed. If every one of these people would have just donated a dollar, just a dollar, I would have more than made my goal of $1000. But people want to make excuses for their gluttony and their spending habits instead of giving away what's not theirs anyway.
People, do you not realize, that everything you are killing yourself for isn't yours anyway? When you die, you can't take that sports car with you! You can't take that fancy house,. you can't take that $500 dollar purse! What you do take with you is your heart and your soul.
What kind of a nation have we created where we sit on our butts and moan and groan about the rising costs of gas while we drink our starbucks coffee and eat our pizza that we just had delivered to the house? I'm so disappointed in people right now. God did not make us to be consumed by the advertisements saying we need this and we need that. God made us to all be there for and to support each other.
God has given us EVERYTHING we have! EVERYTHING! Those are all blessings from him and how SELFISH are we as a nation and as friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family that we can't get past our own material possessions to help those less fortune!
I will say a prayer for this country, for this community, for everyone that some day everyone will realize everything we have isn't ours to have anyway....it ALL belongs to GOD!
