Need vs. Greed

As a society, we've been living large for so long, we truly have no clue as to the absolutely difference between need and greed.  I see that everywhere in our society, myself included.  Convenience stores are becoming larger than grocery stores and the truth of the matter is, the majority of Americans do not put their money where their mouth is, they put their money where the convenience is.

I'm sick to death of hearing the demand for job creation when I see most of the citizenry standing around waiting for it to happen!  Life will pass by those who are waiting for someone else to make it happen!  Start a business . . . Hire an unemployed friend . . . Time to use our talents to carve out our own niche.

As for pro-life folks.  Why buy products from a country that mandates abortion for the second baby girl in a family?  While that nation is having the unwanted girls make cheap products to export, the nation is building quite a powerful army.

We may say we believe in something, but the truth is, our lifestyle says otherwise.  We like lots and lots of stuff at our convenience.  Some of our supposed "need" is actually just laziness.  We have become such a society of relaxers that need to be entertained, most wouldn't know what to do if faced with an actual day's labor that needed to produce tangible results and accomplish a finished product.

We've become a nation that chooses to not see the bigger picture or the next step, but expects someone else to have the next comfortable convenience available when we get there and want more!  We talk big about what we can do without, but most folks that are talking that way, have had it and didn't decide to do without, they lost it.  Our nation has been operating on borrowed money and a pawn mentality for so long, we have the audacity to justify it and expect more perks or more understanding.

We cannot sort out each other's priorities.  If we actually focused on what we could do to make things better, and tossed a few things that are truly unnecessary, we might discover we could actually offer more in the way of contribution, rather than criticism.

These articles this week, have really spurred my soul searching.  Just because I'm not at the local mall or Super Center doesn't mean all my priorities are in order.  I may not stop at the convenience store for coffee and cigarettes, but is there something I could be doing or someone I could actually be helping with that money I'm not spending?  I've had a few of those moments of clarity and revelation of opportunity!