Personal Ramblings
This has been some kind of week for me. You already know I went to juvenile court with my son. I also began my bankruptcy process, aplied for and got food stamps, dropped a class at the tech school and failed a test at the same tech school. Just as I was wallowing in my olympic sized swimming pool of self pity my kayaking buddy tells me her husband wants a divorce!
Yesterday I wrote, "Perspective is a 20+ year old car in the parking lot of the welfare department with a bumper sticker that reads, "I'm spoiled".
Today I went to the annual school-wide picnic and swimming party at the home of a single family. I tried to imagine a home big enough or a family wealthy enough to support that many people at one time. I imagined wrong. Sure there were several acres, but the families true wealth was in something I hadn't imagined, generousity and kindness. They had no more money than most of you (I left myself out of that equation, remember I'm on food stamps) but they shared what they had.
Should I say, "Just when you think you got it bad someone comes along who's got it worse"? ...Too obvious! How about if I say something about the self induced brainwashing of the young and income handicapped through tee-shirt, keychain and bumper-sticker slogans? ...Too cerebrally righteous, not to mention it misses the point entirely! What if I just say to step out of your own world for a moment and see through someone else's eyes or better yet through someone else's sense of value? ...Too preachy! Oh well, that's all I got. What do you get from my 'this week's lessons from life' episode?
